SOLUTION: Many of the pyramids of Egypt are still buried in the sand satellite can now locate some of these buried structures using infrared technology one of the burried pyramids has a heig

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Question 973268: Many of the pyramids of Egypt are still buried in the sand satellite can now locate some of these buried structures using infrared technology one of the burried pyramids has a height of 250 feet and square base with the side length of 340 feet how much sand to the nearest thousand cubic feet is displaced by the Pyramid
Answer by Boreal(15235) About Me  (Show Source):
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V=1/3 * Bh, when base is a square. Units are in ft^3
=1/3 (340)(340)(250)
=9,633,333 ft^3 or 9,663 thousand.