SOLUTION: . Jake found an old toy pyramid while he was cleaning out his closet. To help him finish cleaning out his closet, he placed all his old toys in the pyramid. If the pyramid had a

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Question 1057974: . Jake found an old toy pyramid while he was cleaning out his closet. To help him finish cleaning out his closet, he placed all his old toys in the pyramid. If the pyramid had a height of 12 inches and a side base of 10 inches, how much could the pyramid hold?

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Jake found an old toy pyramid while he was cleaning out his closet. To help him finish cleaning out his closet,
he placed all his old toys in the pyramid. If the pyramid had a height of 12 inches and a side base of 10 inches,
how much could the pyramid hold?
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What is the base of the pyramid?
Regular triangle? Square? Regular pentagon? Hexagon? Heptagon? Octagon? Nonagon? Decagon?