SOLUTION: Pyramids-use a sketch to explain the following terms: apex, slant faces, slant edge, slant height, perpendicular height.

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Question 473633: Pyramids-use a sketch to explain the following terms: apex, slant faces, slant edge, slant height, perpendicular height.
Answer by richard1234(7193) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Can't sketch it very well on this site, but here is the Wikipedia article on pyramids:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_(geometry)

Note that the slant faces, edge, height all correspond to the triangles that are "slanted" and the perpendicular height is the height from the base to the apex.