SOLUTION: what is the slant height of a square pyramid that has a surface area of 279 square meters and a side length of 9 meters?

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Question 329293: what is the slant height of a square pyramid that has a surface area of 279 square meters and a side length of 9 meters?
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Don't know, can't tell. You need to provide some additional information. The only requirement that must be met for a pyramid to be a square pyramid is that the base be square. Pyramids do not have "sides." They have faces, edges, and vertices. So I don't know which measurement is 9 meters. Is it the side of the square base? Is it one of the triangle face edges? Is it both, i.e. is it a Johnson Square Pyramid? Is the apex on a normal through the center of the base? You have to tell the whole story, this is Algebra.com, not the Psychic Hot Line.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it