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Pyramid volume = (1/3) base area x height

This type of question, asked 3 times: 15 Sep 2025 S1, 21 Sep 2025 S1, 21 Sep 2025 S3. All 3 questions below, oldest first.

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  1. Question 1

    15 Sep 2025 S1

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    A pyramid has a base area of 60 cm2\text{cm}^2 and height 9 cm. What is its volume?

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  2. Question 2

    21 Sep 2025 S1

    58
    A company designs a new chocolate box in the shape of a regular right pyramid with a square base. The base side of the box is 10 cm and its height is 12 cm. Due to packaging constraints, the box can only be filled up to 90%90\% of its total volume. If the company wants to estimate the total cost of chocolate, knowing that 1 cm3\text{cm}^3 of chocolate costs ₹0.50, what is the cost of chocolate to fill one such box?

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  3. Question 3

    21 Sep 2025 S3

    56
    A pyramid with an equilateral triangular base of side 10 cm and height 14 cm is placed on top of a cube with side length 10 cm. Find the total volume of the composite solid.

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