Answers Assignment #6 – Pyramid

Directions: Solve the following problems. Write your solutions neatly and legibly in
short bond papers. For all problems, draw the concerned figures as part of your
solution with corresponding proper notations/symbols of the given and required
quantities/variables. Simplify all answers and write them with correct units. Avoid
erasures. (8 points each)

NOTE: We may have different notations for the required quantities but that’s okay.
1. Find the volume of a pyramid if the altitude is 12 inches and the base is a regular hexagon
4 inches on a side.
𝑽 = 𝟗𝟔√𝟑 𝒊𝒏.𝟑 ≅ 𝟏𝟔𝟔. 𝟐𝟖 𝒊𝒏.𝟑

2. Find the altitude of a regular triangular pyramid the base of which is 12 inches on a side
and its volume is 103.8 cubic inches.

𝟏𝟐(𝟏𝟎𝟑. 𝟖 𝒊𝒏.𝟑 )
𝒉= ≅ 𝟒. 𝟗𝟗 𝒊𝒏.
√𝟑(𝟏𝟐 𝒊𝒏. )𝟐

3. The altitude of a regular square pyramid is 3 ¼ times its base edge. The volume of the
pyramid is 250 cubic inches. Find, correct to the nearest tenth of an inch, a base edge of
the pyramid. Find the lateral area of the pyramid.

𝒂 ≅ 𝟔. 𝟏 𝒊𝒏.
𝑨 ≅ 𝟐𝟒𝟓. 𝟐 𝒊𝒏.𝟐

4. Find the lateral area of a regular pyramid having as a base a regular octagon with a 12-
in. side and a lateral edge equal to 18 in.

𝑨 = 𝟖𝟏𝟒. 𝟓𝟔 𝒊𝒏.𝟐

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5. The altitude of a pyramid is 12 cm. How far from the vertex must a plane parallel to the
base be drawn in order to separate the pyramid into two solids of equal volumes?

𝟏𝟐 𝒄𝒎
𝒉𝟏 = 𝟑 ≅ 𝟗. 𝟓𝟐 𝒄𝒎
√𝟐
Therefore, the cutting plane must be approximately 𝟗. 𝟓𝟐 𝒄𝒎 from the vertex.

6. The base edges of a triangular pyramid are 12, 14, and 16, and its altitude is 22. Find the
volume of the pyramid.

𝑽 ≅ 𝟓𝟗𝟔. 𝟒𝟒 𝒄𝒖. 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒔

7. Find the volume of a square pyramid whose slant height and base edge are both 10 ft.
long.
𝑽 ≅ 𝟐𝟖𝟖. 𝟔𝟖 𝒇𝒕.𝟐

8. Find the volume of a regular pyramid whose slant height is 12 feet, and whose base is an
equilateral triangle inscribed in a circle that has a radius of 10 feet.

𝑽 ≅ 𝟐𝟖𝟕. 𝟐𝟑 𝒇𝒕.𝟑

9. Points F A, B, C, D, E are respectively the centers of the faces of a cube whose edge is 10√2.
Find the volume of the solid whose vertices are F, A, B, C, D, E.

𝑽𝑻 ≅ 𝟒𝟕𝟏. 𝟒𝟎 𝒄𝒖. 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒔

10. Parallelogram 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is the base of pyramid 𝑉 − 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷. ̅̅̅̅ ̅̅̅̅ and cuts ̅̅̅̅
𝐷𝐾 bisects 𝐵𝐶 𝐴𝐶 at 𝐿.
What is the ratio of the volume of pyramid 𝑉 − 𝐿𝐶𝐾 to that of pyramid 𝑉 − 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷?

The ratio of the volumes of the two pyramids depends on their bases. A geometric
theorem is useful for this problem which states that

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 A line segment from one vertex of a parallelogram to
the midpoint of the opposite side trisects a diagonal.

𝑽𝟐 𝟏
=
𝑽𝟏 𝟏𝟐

11. Find the total surface area of the pyramid formed by 𝑉 − 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 in which 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is a
section of a cube 25 cm on an edge.

1 1 1 3
𝑇 = 𝑎 (𝑎 + 𝑠1 + 𝑠2 + 𝑎) = 𝑎 ( 𝑠1 + 𝑠2 + 𝑎)
2 2 2 2
We need only to solve 𝑠1 and 𝑠2 , in the above formula. The largest lateral face 𝐴1 is shown
in Fig. A6.14c. Triangles 𝑉𝐵𝐴 and 𝑉𝐶𝐷 are congruent right triangles.

𝑻 ≅ 𝟐, 𝟎𝟕𝟖. 𝟐𝟏 𝒄𝒎𝟐

̅̅̅̅ ⊥ base 𝑄𝑅𝑆𝑇. 𝑄𝑅

12. 𝑉 − 𝑄𝑅𝑆𝑇 is a rectangular pyramid with edge 𝑉𝑆 ̅̅̅̅ = 3/8 m, ̅̅̅̅
𝑅𝑆 = 5/8 m,
̅̅̅̅ = 2/3 m. Find the lateral area of the pyramid.
and 𝑉𝑆

𝑨𝑻 = 𝟎. 𝟕𝟒𝟑𝟕 𝒎𝟐

13. 𝑂 − 𝑃𝑄𝑅𝑆 is a pyramid whose vertex is the center of the top face of a rectangular
parallelepiped shown in the figure below. Find the volume and the lateral area of the
pyramid.

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 𝑽 = 𝟐𝟓𝟎 𝒄𝒎𝟑
𝑨 = 𝟏𝟗𝟔. 𝟐 𝒄𝒎𝟐

̅̅̅̅̅ and
14. Find the lateral area of pyramid 𝑂 − 𝑃𝑄𝑅𝑆 in #13 (a) when 𝑂 is a midpoint of 𝑀𝑁
(b) when 𝑂 coincides with 𝑀.

(𝒂) 𝑨 = 𝟐𝟏𝟏. 𝟒𝟗 𝒄𝒎𝟐

(𝒃) 𝑨 = 𝟐𝟐𝟓. 𝟒𝟏 𝒄𝒎𝟐

̅̅̅̅ is a cube. Compare the volume of 𝐴𝑅 with the volume of pyramid 𝐵 − 𝐴𝑁𝐶, in which
15. 𝐴𝑅
̅̅̅̅
𝐵𝐴, ̅̅̅̅̅ ̅̅̅̅ are lateral edges.
𝐵𝑁, and 𝐵𝐶

𝑽𝟏
=𝟔
𝑽𝟐

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