The base of a triangular pyramid is a triangle with corners at (3 ,4 ), (6 ,2 ), and (5 ,7 ). If the pyramid has a height of 7 , what is the pyramid's volume?
1 Answer
Oct 14, 2016
The volume is
Explanation:
The volume, V, of a triangular pyramid is:
where A is the area of the base and h is the height.
We are given
Therefore, we need a formula for the area of a triangle given the coordinates of its vertices :