Geometry & Trigonometry
Basic

Volume of a Pyramid

Volume of any pyramid.

Formula

V=13BhV = \frac{1}{3} B h

Variables

BBase area
hHeight

Example

Square base 6×6 (B=36), height 10: V = (1/3)·36·10 = 120.

Did You Know?

Like the cone, a pyramid is one-third of its enclosing prism — the Egyptians knew this empirically.

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