The volume of a Pyramid is [tex]V= \frac{1}{3} Bh[/tex] Big B means you have to multiply the base first so 16*16 to find the hight you can use the Pythagorean theorem the length of one of the sides is 16 so we have to divide that by 2 to get one of the legs for the Pythagorean theorem which is 8 and 17 is the hypotenuse. Pug it in and it will look like this [tex] 8^{2} + b^2 = 17^2 [/tex] square them to get [tex]64+b^2=289 [/tex] subtract 64 from both sides to get [tex]b^2=225[/tex] then square root it to get the height [tex]h=15[/tex] then plug that into your volume formula [tex]V= \frac{1}{3} 256*15 [/tex] Add it up to get a volume of 1,280. Hope this helps Good luck :)
