Question

The volume of the pyramid shown in the figure is cubic centimeters. If the slant height of the pyramid increases by 4 centimeters and its height increases by 2 centimeters, the volume of the pyramid increases by cubic centimeters.

Answer 1

Answer:

Part a) The volume of the original pyramid is $15\ cm^{3}$

Part b) The volume of the pyramid increases by  $6\ cm^{3}$

Step-by-step explanation:

The complete question is

Part 1) The volume of the pyramid shown in the figure is 9,15,21, or 63 cubic centimeters?. Part 2) If the slant height of the pyramid increases by 4 centimeters and its height increases by 2 centimeters, the volume of the pyramid increases by 6,9,12 or 21 cubic centimeters?

we know that

The volume of the pyramid is equal to

$V=\frac{1}{3}Bh$

where

B is the area of the base

h is the height of pyramid

see the attached figure to better understand the problem

Step 1

Find the volume of the original pyramid

the area of the base B is equal to

$B=3^{2}=9\ cm^{2}\\h=5\ cm$

substitute

$V=\frac{1}{3}(9)(5)=15\ cm^{3}$

Step 2

Find the volume of the new pyramid

$B=9\ cm^{2}$ -------> the area of the base is the same

$h=5+2=7\ cm$ ------> the height increase by

substitute

$V=\frac{1}{3}(9)(7)=21\ cm^{3}$

Subtract the original volume from the new volume

$21\ cm^{3}-15\ cm^{3}=6\ cm^{3}$