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Why does a square truncated pyramid support more weight than a penagon pyramid?
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∙ 14y ago
Assuming that you mean pentagon, not pentagon, the answer is simply that a truncated pyramid has a flat top which can support weight easily whereas a pentagon pyramid would require a very fine balancing act.
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∙ 8y ago
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Does a truncated square pyramid have perpendicular faces?
It can be.
5 faces on polyhedron?
pentahedron examples: tetrahedron with one truncated corner, square pyramid
What 3 dimensional has a square for the top view and the front view is a triangle and the side view is a triangle?
truncated pyramid
using egyptian geometry, how the volume of a truncated pyramid is solve explain?
The formula for the volume of a truncated square pyramid with height h, and top edge a cm and bottom edge b cm is V = 1/3*(a2 + ab + b2)*h.
What is the base of a shape pyramid?
depends on what kind of pyramid it is
What the name of a square pyramid?
It is just called a square pyramid, but its not square. Its only square on the bottom, so they call it a square pyramid, or you can simply just call it a pyramid because a pyramid is a pyramid.
What is square pyramid?
A square pyramid is a pyramid whose base is in the shape of a square.
What has 6 faces 8 verticies and 12 edges?
A cube, a rectangular solid (box) or any skewed version of these. Even a truncated pyramid (square base, four sides, but top cut off).
What is a square based pyramid called?
A square based pyramid is called a square pyramid
What is a square pyramid?
The tomb of the emperor, at Sikandarā, near Āgra, is of unique design, in the shape of a truncated square pyramid 340 feet (103 metres) on each side. It consists of five terraces, four of red sandstone and the uppermost of white marble. Begun about 1602, it was completed in 1613, during the reign of Akbar's son Jahāngīr.
What is the base of a square pyramid?
The base of a square pyramid is a square. The pyramid has 4 faces making the base have four edges. SQUARE PYRAMID
Shape square based pyramid?
a square based pyramid is a square at the bottom and a pyramid at the top
