Question

Find the volume of a pyramid with a square base, where the area of the base is6.5 m^2 and the height of the pyramid is 8.6 m. Round your answer to the nearesttenth of a cubic meter.

Answer 1

The area of base of square pyramid is B = 6.5 m^2.

The height of square pyramid is 8.6 m

The formula for the volume of square pyramid is,

$V=\frac{1}{3}Bh$

Substitute the values in the formula to determine the volume of square pyramid.

$\begin{gathered} V=\frac{1}{3}\cdot6.5\cdot8.6 \\ =18.633 \\ \approx18.6 \end{gathered}$

So volume of square pyramid is 18.6 m^3.