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The volume of a regular triangular pyramid
Definition:
The regular triangular pyramid is a polyhedron, one of which faces has the role of its base and it is a regular triangle, and the others – lateral faces are equal triangles with a common apex. The common apex is lowered in the center of the base through the height.
The volume of a regular triangular pyramid is one third from the product of the base (ABC) and height (OS) of it.
Computing relationship:
where:
a — the side of a regular triangle from a pyramid base;
h — the height of a regular triangular pyramid.
Calculator: the volume of a regular triangular pyramid
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