Question

A building is in the shape of a square pyramid. Each side of the base is 54 meters long and the height is 260 meters.

What is the volume of the building?

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m³

Answer 1

In solving the volume of a square pyramid the following formula is to be used:

V = a² h/3

where;
a = base edge
h = height

Thus, the V ≈ 2.53 × 10⁵. Computed in another way:

V = (54)² × (260/3)
= 2916 × 86.67
= 252,729.72
≈ 2.53 × 10⁵