SOLUTION: you are in egypt checking out the GREAT PYRAMID. As you look at it from the side t has a slhouette that is an equilateral triangle 500 feet on each side. How tall is it to the near

SOLUTION: you are in egypt checking out the GREAT PYRAMID. As you look at it from the side t has a slhouette that is an equilateral triangle 500 feet on each side. How tall is it to the near

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Question 570778: you are in egypt checking out the GREAT PYRAMID. As you look at it from the side t has a slhouette that is an equilateral triangle 500 feet on each side. How tall is it to the nearest foot?
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
height of equilateral triangle = 500 * sqrt(3)/2 = 433 ft
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