SOLUTION: A Pyramid has a volume of 100cm cubed and a height of 24cm. How can I find the area of its base?

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Question 565825: A Pyramid has a volume of 100cm cubed and a height of 24cm. How can I find the area of its base?
Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


The volume of a pyramid is given by:



Where is the volume, is the area of the base, and is the height. Plug in the numbers you know and solve for . Remember to express area in square units.

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