The base of a triangular pyramid is a triangle with corners at #(7 ,6 )#, #(4 ,2 )#, and #(3 ,8 )#. If the pyramid has a height of #6 #, what is the pyramid's volume?

Answer 1

Volume of pyramid is #21.992#

Volume of a pyramid is given by #1/3xx"area of base"xxheight#
Hence, we have to first find area of base triangle and as all the three sides can be found between three points, we would be using Heron's formula i.e. area of triangle is given by #sqrt(sxx(c-a)(s-b)(s-c))#, where #s=1/2(a+b+c)#.
Let the points be #A(7,6)#, #B(4,2)# and #C(3,8)#. Hence
#a=sqrt((3-4)^2+(8-2)^2)=sqrt((-1)^2+6^2)=sqrt(1+36)=sqrt37=6.083#
#b=sqrt((3-7)^2+(8-6)^2)=sqrt((-4)^2+2^2)=sqrt(16+4)=sqrt20=4.472#
#c=sqrt((7-4)^2+(6-2)^2)=sqrt(3^2+4^2)=sqrt(9+16)=sqrt25=5#
Hence #s=1/2(6.083+4.472+5)=15.555/2=7.777# and
Area of triangle is #sqrt(7.777(7.777-6.083)(7.777-4.472)(7.777-5)# or
#sqrt(7.777xx1.694xx3.305xx2.777)=sqrt120.913=10.996#
Hence volume of pyramid is #1/3xx10.996xx6=2xx10.996=21.992#
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Answer 2

The volume of the triangular pyramid is 24 cubic units.

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