SOLUTION: how do you find the slant height of a hexagonal pyramid with a side length of 8 and a height of 18 cm and also how do you find the lateral edge length

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Question 962535: how do you find the slant height of a hexagonal pyramid with a side length of 8 and a height of 18 cm
and also how do you find the lateral edge length

Answer by addingup(3677) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I put the all the information you need in the illustration. I left the lateral edge length for you to calculate, using Pythagoras just like this:
On your calculator, find the square of 4 (1/2 base) and the square of the slant, add them up, take the square root of the sum and you will have your lateral edge.