Marie bought souvenir at the beach that is made up of a square pyramid filled with sand. The base of the pyramid has a side length of 6 cm and the pyramid is 8 cm high. What volume of sand is contained in the souvenir?

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Salma Shepard

Mathematics

16 November, 08:45

Marie bought souvenir at the beach that is made up of a square pyramid filled with sand. The base of the pyramid has a side length of 6 cm and the pyramid is 8 cm high. What volume of sand is contained in the souvenir?

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Farley · Answer 1

the answer is 48cm

Step-by-step explanation:

all you do is you times 6 by 8

Destiney Galloway · Answer 2

V = 96 cm^3

Step-by-step explanation:

The formula for the volume of a pyramid is V = (1/3) (base area) (height).

Here the volume is V = (1/3) (6 cm) ^2 * (8 cm). We square 6 cm because the base of the pyramid is a square.

This comes out to V = (12 cm^2) (8 cm), or

V = 96 cm^3