SOLUTION: Find the volume, to the nearest tenth, of a pyramid that is 6 feet tall and whose base is an equilateral triangle with sides each 10 feet long.

Question 551333: Find the volume, to the nearest tenth, of a pyramid that is 6 feet tall and whose base is an equilateral triangle with sides each 10 feet long.
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
For a pyramid, the volume is:
where: B = area of the base and h = the height of the pyramid.
Use Hero's formula to find the area of the triangular base:
where S = semi perimeter of the triangle and a, b, and c are the lengths of the sides of the triangle.

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