Types of Pyramids

Types of Pyramids Pyramid is a polyhedron with a polygonal base and triangles for sides. A pyramid is named by the shape of its base. The faces of pyramid are mostly isosceles triangle. In the above shown image, the parts of the pyramid are shown with different colours. The red color square shaped box of the pyramid is known as the base of the pyramid. The ends of the triangles meet each other at a point called as the vertex. The distance between the base of the pyramid to the vertex of the pyramid is known as the height. The faces of the pyramid is always triangle (mostly isosceles triangle) Slant height - The distance between the vertex and one of the bases of polygon. When the pyramid has n - sided base, then The vertices of the pyramid is n+1. The faces of the pyramid is n+1 and The edges of the pyramid is 2n. Types of Pyramids There are different types of Pyramids based on the shape of their base. Some of them are as follows: Know More About ARC Length Calculator

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Triangular pyramid - It has 3 triangular faces and the base of this pyramid is triangle in shape. In triangular pyramid 4 vertices and 6 edges are present. Square pyramid - It has four triangular faces and the base of this pyramid is square in shape. It contains 5 vertices and 8 edges. Rectangular pyramid - It has four triangular faces and the base of this pyramid is rectangle in shape. It contains 5 vertices and 8 edges. Pentagonal pyramid - The face of 5 sides of the pyramid is triangle. The base of this kind of pyramid is pentagon in shape. It has 6 vertices and 10 edges. Hexagonal pyramid - The face of 6 sides of the pyramid is triangle. The base of this kind of pyramid is a hexagon. It has 7 vertices and 12 edges. Surface Area of a Pyramid Surface Area of a Pyramid is the measure of how much exposed area a pyramid has.Surface Area of a Pyramid is expressed in square units. Surface Area of a Pyramid, A = B + PL/2 where, B is the base area P is the base perimeter L is the slant height. Volume of a Pyramid Volume of a Pyramid is a measurement of the occupied units of a Pyramid. The volume of a Pyramid is represented by cubic units like cubic centimeter, cubic millimeter and so on. It is also defined as the number of units used to fill a Pyramid. Learn More GCD Calculator Tutorvista.com

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Pythagorean Theorem Example

Pythagorean Theorem Example The Pythagorean theorem is related to the study of sides of a right angled triangle. It is also called as pythagoras theorem. The pythagorean theorem states that, In a right triangle, (length of the hypotenuse)2 = {(1st side)2 + (2nd side)2}. In a right angled triangle, there are three sides: hypotenuse, perpendicular and base. The base and the perpendicular make an angle of 90 degree with eachother. So, according to pythagorean theorem: (Hypotenuse)2 = (Perpendicular)2 + (Base)2 In the above figure1, c2 = a2 + b2 Therefore, Hypotenuse (c) = (a2 + b2) Pythagorus Theorem Proof From the above figure 2, ABC is a right angled triangle at angle C.

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From C put a perpendicular to AB at H. Now consider the two triangles ABC and ACH, these two triangles are similar to each other because of AA similarity. This is because both the triangle have a right angle and one common angle at A. So by these similarity, ac = ea and bc = db a2 = c*e and b2 = c*d Sum the a2 and b2, we get a2 + b2 = c*e + c*d a2 + b2 = c(e + d) a2 + b2 = c2 (since e + d = c) Hence Proved. Euclid Proof of Pythagorean Theorem According to Euclid, if the triangle had a right angle (90 degree), the area of the square formed with hypotenuse as the side will be equal to the sum of the area of the squares formed with the other two sides as the side of the squares. From the above figure 3, the sum of the area covered by the two small squares is equal to the area of the third square. Here, a2 is the area of the square ABDE, b2 is the area of the square BCFG and c2 is the area of the square ACHI.

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