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Abhijeet Kumar

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· 1 Months ago

In calculating height base length should be a/2

Question:

A pyramid is such as its base is a regular hexagon of side a cm. If the slant height of the pyramid is \(\cfrac{5a}{2}\) cm, then what will be the volume of the pyramid?

Options:
A) 3a2 cm3
B) 3\(\sqrt[]{2}\)acm3
C) 6a3 cm3
D) None of these 
Solution:
Ans: (d) Area of base 

Anuj Hatoneya

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· 1 Months ago

base length is (a/2) in case of square. Also, this calculation may be correct if (5a/2) is the edge length. Anyways, solution is wrong that's very true!

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