Volume of pyramids intuition | Solid geometry | High school geometry | Khan Academy

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The volume of a pyramid is a fraction of the volume of the rectangular prism that encloses it. We can find out what that fraction is by cutting a prism into several pyramids.

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[yiyingteo]

Thank you for answering the WHY
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Would like to see another episode explaining abt the volume of a cone

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[ukaszszczur]

How do you know that the left, right, front and back pyramids have also k in their equations?
How do you know that these constants of proportionality are equal?

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[usualavantgasp]

It is fascinating to know how neat je draw each pyramid sketch using DIGITAL PEN

[philipmcclure]

I have a question. Why is the constant K the same between the different colored pyramids? Wouldn’t each pyramid have a different constant K?

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[georgeorourke]

Very elegant presentation but I wonder whether one doesn't need an argument to ensure that k is somehow not dependent on the dimensions of the pyramid.

[Infinitelybetter]

Hey khan, I appreciate the video you uploaded. My question is did you drive the one-third because in an essence there are dimensions to the pyramid? So one-third times the three sides which in this you called xyz. Thanks

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