document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1117367>Question 1117367</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Height of one square pyramid is 24m. A smaller pyramid has a height of 8m. The volume of the larger pyramid is 648m3. The surface area of the smaller pyramid is 124m2. What is the volume of the smaller pyramid. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The problem doesn't say that the two pyramids are similar.  They have to be, in order to solve the problem; so I will assume they are.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The information about the surface area of the smaller pyramid is not relevant to the problem.  It's put there to confuse you.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The ratio of the heights of the two pyramids is 24:8 or 3:1.  That means the ratio of the volumes is 3^3:1^3 = 27:1.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So if the volume of the larger pyramid is 648 m^3, then the volume of the smaller one is 648/27 = 24 m^3 </SPAN>\n" );
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