SOLUTION: find the volume of a pyrimid with a rhombus base. the diagnals of the rhombus are 2 and 3. the height of the pyrimid is 4.

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Question 421753: find the volume of a pyrimid with a rhombus base. the diagnals of the rhombus are 2 and 3. the height of the pyrimid is 4.
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Solution: The volume of a pyramid is: V=1/3(B)X(h), where B is the area of the base and h is the height of pyramid.
Since the base is a rhombus, its area is half of the diagonals product.
Thus B=(2x3)/2 =3 square units and the volume is V= 1/3(3)X 4= 4 cubic units.