SOLUTION: the volume and the altitude of a certain pyramidal pile whose base is an equilateral triangle are 10 cubic meters and 2 meters find the side of the base of the pile

SOLUTION: the volume and the altitude of a certain pyramidal pile whose base is an equilateral triangle are 10 cubic meters and 2 meters find the side of the base of the pile

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Question 1014080: the volume and the altitude of a certain pyramidal pile whose base is an equilateral triangle are 10 cubic meters and 2 meters find the side of the base of the pile
Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
We have

where A is the area of the base (in m^2), so A = 15 m^2.

Using the area of an equilateral triangle, we have

. Solving,

or

.
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