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Carla, a student: A pyramid has its vertex directly above the centre of its square base. The edges of the base |
Hi Carla,
The key to finding the angles is making a triangle with the height of the pyramid.
Looking at the base of pyramid, we can find the two bases of our triangles:
What is x?
Next we can look at each of the triangles:
Now that you know what x is, find your angles θ and β.
Hope this helps,
Janice
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