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Why domes are of semicircular shapes instead of triangular or pyramid shaped?
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∙ 10y ago
Stress... With a dome, the stresses in the materials caused by the weight of the dome are evenly spread through the whole structure. With a pyramid, the stresses would be 'concentrated' at the corner joints.
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What is the triangular shaped item at the end of the nile?
A pyramid is triangular shaped.
How many triangular-shaped sides does a triangular pyramid have?
Four.
How many apexs does a triangular pyramid have?
A triangular pyramid has one apex. The apex of a pyramid is its pointed tip on top. A triangular pyramid has four faces and a triangle-shaped base.
What is a triangular based pyramid?
The Egyptian Pyramid that was made out of sand and stone. Look at a 3D image of that on Google, bing,yahoo, or other resources.
What is a 3d shape with 6 edges and 4 triangular shaped faces?
a triangular pyramid has six edges and four triangular shaped faces
What is the shape of pyramid?
Pyramid shaped... like triangular but the bottom has a square base and at the top it meets at a point.
How many sides does a triangular pyramid have?
A triangular pyramid is a 3-dimensional geometric figure that has 5 sides. Four triangle shaped sides that are connected to one square shaped based. * * * * * If it has a square shaped base then it is a square based pyramid! A triangular pyramid has 4 faces. It is also called a tetrahedron.
What are faces of a triangular pyramid?
The faces are the flat, triangle-shaped surfaces that make up the surface of the pyramid. A pyramid has four faces.
What in Egypt is triangular shaped with four sides that meet at a point?
A square based pyramid nearly meets the requirements - except that it is not "triangular shaped" as required by the question.
What is An Egyptian ruler was often buried in a triangular shaped building called?
a pyramid
What is a triangular pyramid used for?
Small Triangular shaped pyramids are used in super markets and malls to give them strong support!
How are pyramid and triangle r alike?
Four sides of a pyramid are triangular-shaped, meaning they have three sides. The fifth side is square-shaped, meaning it's four-sided.
