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It's the length of the line segment connecting the apex (top) and base (bottom).
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The slant height of a pyramid and the altitude of a pyramid are equal true or false?
False
The slant height of a pyramid and the altitude of a pyramid are not the same thing?
True, because the slant height and the altitude, or height, of the pyramid form one leg and the hypotenuse of a triangle withing the pyramid, and the hypotenuse of a triangle is always the longest side- it is not possible for the hypotenuse to be equal to the legs of a right triangle. (It is a right triangle because an altitude is perpendicular to the base of a pyramid.)
Slant height and the altitude of a pyramid are the same thing?
No.
What is another name for a height of a prism or a pyramid?
Altitude
In the equation for the lateral area of a regular pyramid one can replace the slant height with the altitude of the pyramid?
False
What do you call of the altitude of a pyramid?
The distance from the apex to the base of a pyramid is known as the altitude.
What is the altitude of the triangular face of a pyramid called?
It sounds like you're looking for the slant height.
The slant height of a pyramid and the altitude of a pyramid are congurent?
false
The slant height of a pyramid and the altitude of a pyramid are congruent true or false?
False...
The slant height of a pyramid and the altitude of a pyramid are equal true or false?
False
What is another name for height of a pyramid?
altitude
The slant height of a pyramid and the altitude of a pyramid are not the same thing?
True, because the slant height and the altitude, or height, of the pyramid form one leg and the hypotenuse of a triangle withing the pyramid, and the hypotenuse of a triangle is always the longest side- it is not possible for the hypotenuse to be equal to the legs of a right triangle. (It is a right triangle because an altitude is perpendicular to the base of a pyramid.)
A pyramid has a rectangular base measuring 6'x4' If its altitude is 8' what is its volume?
A pyramid has a rectangular base measuring 6'x4' If its altitude is 8' what is its volume
What is another name for height of a prism or a pyramid?
Altitude
What is another name for the height of a prism or a pyramid?
altitude
Slant height and the altitude of a pyramid are the same thing?
No.
What is another name for a height of a prism or a pyramid?
Altitude
