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Question 1034807: Can you please help me with this problem:
The great pyramid of chips is the largest pyramid in the world. It was built around 2500 b.c. by khufu, or cheops, a king of ancient egypt. The pyramid has a square base of 230 meters on one side, and a hieght of 147 meters. Find the volume.

Answer by fractalier(6550)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The volume of a pyramid is given by

Here the base is a square 230 m on a side and the height is 147 m.
Plugging in we have
V = (1/3)(230^2)(147) = 2,592,100 m^3

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