SOLUTION: The volume of a pyramid is 49 cubic ft.If the pyramid's height is 12 feet and the base is a square, what is the length of a side of the base in feet?

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Question 1042374: The volume of a pyramid is 49 cubic ft.If the pyramid's height is 12 feet and the base is a square, what is the length of a side of the base in feet?
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The volume of a pyramid is 49 cubic ft.If the pyramid's height is 12 feet and the base is a square,
what is the length of a side of the base in feet?
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x = sqrt%28%2849%2A3%29%2F12%29.

Because the volume of the pyramid is V = %281%2F3%29%2Ax%5E2%2Ah, or

49 = %281%2F3%29%2Ax%5E2%2A12.