Pyramid

Pyramid - a three-dimensional shape whose base (bottom surface) is a polygon, and all other surfaces are triangles which meet at a common vertex at the "top" of the pyramid.

Surface Area = sum of areas of all surfaces

Volume = 1/3 (Area of bottom surface) (height)

Note: The cone is quite similar to pyramids, and its formulas for surface area and volume are actually the same as the corresponding formulas for pyramids!

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