A regular square pyramid has a base whose sides are of length 10 cm each. The altitude of the pyramid measures 8cm. Find the length of the slant height.
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A regular square pyramid has a base whose sides are of length 10 cm each. The altitude of the pyramid measures 8cm. Find the length of the slant height.
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Which of...Ch. 9.2 - Refer to the pyramids of Exercises 3 and 4. Which...Ch. 9.2 - Refer to the prisms of Exercises 1 and 2. Which of...Ch. 9.2 - Refer to the pyramids of Exercises 3 and 4. Which...Ch. 9.2 - Consider any regular pyramid. Indicate which line...Ch. 9.2 - Consider any regular pyramid. Indicate which line...Ch. 9.2 - In Exercises 20 and 21, use Theorem 9.2.1 in which...Ch. 9.2 - In Exercises 20 and 21, use Theorem 9.2.1 in which...Ch. 9.2 - In a regular pentagonal pyramid, each lateral edge...Ch. 9.2 - In a regular pentagonal pyramid, each base edge...Ch. 9.2 - For the regular square pyramid shown, suppose that...Ch. 9.2 - For the regular square pyramid shown in Exercise...Ch. 9.2 - The figure below is a regular hexagonal pyramid. a...Ch. 9.2 - For a regular square pyramid, suppose that the...Ch. 9.2 - For a regular square pyramid, the slant height of...Ch. 9.2 - A church steeple in the shape of a regular square...Ch. 9.2 - Before the shingles of the steeple see Exercise 29...Ch. 9.2 - A teepee is constructed by using 12 poles. The...Ch. 9.2 - For its occupants to be protected from the...Ch. 9.2 - The street departments storage building, which is...Ch. 9.2 - The foyer planned as an addition to an existing...Ch. 9.2 - The exhaust chute on a wood chipper has a shape...Ch. 9.2 - A popcorn container at a movie theatre has the...Ch. 9.2 - A regular tetrahedron is a regular triangular...Ch. 9.2 - Each edge of a regular tetrahedron see Exercise 37...Ch. 9.2 - Exercise 39 and 40 are based upon the uniqueness...Ch. 9.2 - Exercise 39 and 40 are based upon the uniqueness...Ch. 9.2 - Consider the accompanying figure. When the four...Ch. 9.2 - Find the volume of the regular square pyramid that...Ch. 9.2 - Where e1 and e2 are the lengths of two...Ch. 9.2 - Use the information from Exercise 43 to find the...Ch. 9.2 - A hexagonal pyramid not regular with base ABCDEF...Ch. 9.3 - Does a right circular cylinder such as an aluminum...Ch. 9.3 - Does a right circular cone such as a wizards cap...Ch. 9.3 - For the right circular cylinder shown on page 471,...Ch. 9.3 - For the right circular cylinder shown on page 417,...Ch. 9.3 - For the right circular cylinder, suppose that r=5...Ch. 9.3 - Suppose that r=12 cm and h=15 cm in the right...Ch. 9.3 - The tin can shown at the right has the indicated...Ch. 9.3 - What is the volume of the tin can? If it contains...Ch. 9.3 - If the exact volume of a right circular cylinder...Ch. 9.3 - Suppose that the volume of an aluminum can is to...Ch. 9.3 - For an aluminum can, the lateral surface area is...Ch. 9.3 - Find the height of a storage tank in the shape of...Ch. 9.3 - Find the volume of the oblique circular cylinder....Ch. 9.3 - A cylindrical orange juice container has metal...Ch. 9.3 - In Exercises 15 to 20, use that fact that r2+h2=l2...Ch. 9.3 - In Exercises 15 to 20, use that fact that r2+h2=l2...Ch. 9.3 - In Exercises 15 to 20, use that fact that r2+h2=l2...Ch. 9.3 - In Exercises 15 to 20, use that fact that r2+h2=l2...Ch. 9.3 - In Exercises 15 to 20, use that fact that r2+h2=l2...Ch. 9.3 - In Exercises 15 to 20, use that fact that r2+h2=l2...Ch. 9.3 - The oblique circular cone has an altitude and a...Ch. 9.3 - For the accompanying right circular cone, h=6 m...Ch. 9.3 - For the right circular cone shown in Exercise 22,...Ch. 9.3 - Rukia discovers that the teepee with a circular...Ch. 9.3 - A rectangle has dimensions of 6 in. by 3 in. 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Note...Ch. 9.4 - For Figure a of Exercise 1, find the number of...Ch. 9.4 - For figure b of Exercise 1, find the number of...Ch. 9.4 - For a regular tetrahedron, find the number of...Ch. 9.4 - For a regular hexahedron, find the number of...Ch. 9.4 - A regular polyhedron has 12 edges and 8 vertices....Ch. 9.4 - A regular polyhedron has 12 edges and 6 vertices....Ch. 9.4 - A polyhedron not regular has 10 vertices and 7...Ch. 9.4 - A polyhedron not regular has 14 vertices and 21...Ch. 9.4 - In Exercises 10 to 12, the probability is the...Ch. 9.4 - In Exercises 10 to 12, the probability is the...Ch. 9.4 - In Exercises 10 to 12, the probability is the...Ch. 9.4 - In sphere O, the length of radius OP- is 6 in....Ch. 9.4 - Find the approximate surface area and volume of...Ch. 9.4 - Find the total area surface area of a regular...Ch. 9.4 - Find the total area surface area of a regular...Ch. 9.4 - Find the total area surface area of a regular...Ch. 9.4 - Find the total area surface area of a regular...Ch. 9.4 - The total area surface area of a regular...Ch. 9.4 - The total area surface area of a regular...Ch. 9.4 - Find the approximate volume of a sphere with...Ch. 9.4 - Find the approximate volume of a sphere with...Ch. 9.4 - The surface of a soccer ball is composed of 12...Ch. 9.4 - A calendar is determined by using each of the 12...Ch. 9.4 - A sphere is inscribed within a right circular...Ch. 9.4 - In calculus, it can be shown that the largest...Ch. 9.4 - Given that a regular polyhedron of n faces is...Ch. 9.4 - A right circular cone is inscribed in a sphere. 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