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  • 11-10-2017
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If you are given the height and base of a pyramid, how would you get the slope of one of the triangular faces?

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  • 11-10-2017

by using the Pythagorean theorem

 use the height and half the base dimension for the 2 edges of a triangle and the slope ( slant height) would be the hypotenuse

 so:  SQRT(height ^2 + half of base^2) = hypotenuse ( Slant height)


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