A frustum of a pyramid is a part of the pyramid with two

Last updated: 6/29/2023

A frustum of a pyramid is a part of the pyramid with two parallel bases The lateral faces of the frustum are trapezoids Use the area formula for a trapezoid to derive a formula for the lateral area of a frustum of a regular square pyramid with base edge lengths b and b2 and slant height A B b2 b 2 b b l b b h 2 4 2 61 62 b b l 21 e