Question

A pyramid has a square base with an area of 169ft. What is the perimeter of the base of the pyramid?

Answer 1

Answer:52 ft.

Step-by-step explanation: If the area of the base of the pyramid is

169

ft

2

then each side of the base is

13

ft

long because the base of the pyramid is a square.

Length of the side,

s

=

√

169

=

13

Iif we take the area of a square

A

=

s

2

where

s

=

13

we get the area of the base to be

169

ft

2

thus proving that each side of the base is

13

ft

long.

So to find the perimeter of the base of the pyramid we use the formula:

P

=

4

s

where

s

=

13

ft

and thus,

p

=

4

⋅

13

ft

=

52

ft