Question

What is the difference between the height and the slant height of a pyramid?

Answer 1

The height is the measurement from the base to the top straight up. The Slanted height is the height from base to top on one face of the pyramid.

Explanation:

Answer 2

The height is always measured perpendicular to the horizontal surface on which the pyramid rests, whereas the slant height is measured perpendicular to one edge of the base to the vertex, and, as we would say, appears to be slanted.