ColesGoudie1

Part1:Intro
Aconsiderableamountoftimewasspentlookingintoyourtowerproposal,Mrs.
Copeland.Manynightswerespentsittingatatable,debatingwhetherornotweshould
takeonthismassiveprojectthatyouhavesenttous.Bytheendofitall,theanswer
wasaresoundingyes!Webelievethatrekindlingyourchildhoodsenseofwonderisa
veryworthwhiletaskandwecouldnotbehappiertohelp.Thereisonlyonereal
problemwithyourproposal,however:buildingamassivetoweroutofLegobricksisnot
onlyoneofthestrangestideaswehaveeverheard,itisalsonotstructurallysafeandit
isentirelylikelythatthetoweritselfcouldmeltonahotsummerdayandpossiblykill
everybodyinside.Holdyourtears,however!Wewouldlovetocontinuewiththisproject,
thoughwithafewminoradjustments.
Becauseoflocalpropertylaws,wecannotbuildyourtowercloserthanthreefeet
tothe27ftx27ftplotthatyouhavegiventoustoworkon.Thismeansthatourbuilding
spaceisonly21ftx21ft.Twoverticesofthetowerwillbetouchingtheedgeofthis
buildingspace,sincewewanttomaximizethesizeofyourtower(andtheamountof
moneywearepaid)!
Wehavedesignedthistowertobringoutyourinnerchild.Thevastmajorityof
children(andadults)loveLegos.Now,youcanhaveaLegotowerwithfeaturesfrom
theLegoMovie.YouwillhaveyourownEmmetchandelierandaninflooraquarium
thatresemblestheportalfromtheLegoworldtothehumanworld.Theneighborhood
kidswillfindalltheirentertainmentneedsoutsidebuildingshapesintheBuilding
Garden.Also,bustsofassortedLegoMoviecharactersarethroughouttheproperty.

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Thewallsofthetowerhaveevenbeenpaintedtoappearasthoughithasbeenbuiltout
ofLegos.ThereisevenaMr.WheresmyPantsstatue!Thistowercaneasilybring
backchildhoodfeelingsandmakeyoufeellikeayoungladyoncemore.Caution:may
havesideeffectssuchasmakingvowsnottogrowup,notwantingtoleavehome,too
muchfun,overlysingingthesongEverythingisAwesome,lackofsleep,and
overpopularitywithneighboringchildren.
Withthatbeingsaid,ascalemodelofyourtowerhasbeenconstructedandwill
besenttoyoushortly.Thepurposeofthefollowingpaperistoshowthatwehaveput
forthanincredibleamountofeffort,andhavesurelysurpassedallothersthatyoumay
haveapproachedtodothisproject.

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Part2:My10SidedPolygonMaximizedonMyPlot

Figure1.BaseoftheTower

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Figure1showsthebaseofwhatwillultimatelybecomealargetower.Theplot
sizeis27x27feet.Thebaseofthetoweritselfismadeupoffourpolygons,eachwith1
footofwallspacebetweenthem.
Beforefindinganythingelse,onemustfindtheareaofthefourpolygonsneeded
forthetower.Thesepolygonswillbehenceforthdesignatedbyanumber:Polygon1will
bethelargestpolygon,Polygon2willbethesecondlargest,Polygon3willbethethird
largest,andPolygon4willbethefourthlargest,orthesmallest.Sincethetowerisa
tensidedpolygon,thecentralangleforallfourpolygonsis36.Thisisbecausethe
centralanglemeasureofashapeis360dividedbythenumberofsidesoftheshape,
whichinthiscaseis360/10.Thisequals36.
Polygon1isthelargestpolygon,soitsareawillbefoundfirst.

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Figure2.Polygon1
Figure2showswhatPolygon1willlooklike.Ithastensidesandcentralangles
of36.Itslengthfromonevertextotheoppositevertexis21feet.Tofindtheside
lengthofthepolygon,atrianglemustbeconstructedinsidethepolygon.Thistriangles
verticeswillbetwoverticesofonesideandthecenterofthepolygon.Thistrianglewill
thenbesplitintotwosmallerrighttriangles.Thehypotenuseofoneofthesetrianglesis
10.5feet,sincethediameterofthepolygonis21feetandthehypotenuseishalfofthat.
Theangleatthetopofoneofthesetrianglesis18
,sincethecentralangleofdecagons
is36.

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Theheightofoneofthesetrianglescanbefoundusingcosine.Cosineisusedin
righttrianglestofindunknownsidelengths.Itusesananglemeasureandtheadjacent
sideofthetriangledividedbythehypotenuse.
cos() = adjacentside
hypotenuse
cos(18) =

y
10.5

cos(18) * 10.5 = y
9.99y
Figure3.LengthofSidey
Figure3showshowthelengthofthesidemarkedxwasfound.Thislengthis
exactly(cos(18
)*10.5),orapproximately9.99ft.
Nowsidexmustbefound.Itcanbefoundinmuchthesamewayassidey
wasfound,butinthisinstance,thelengthoftheadjacentsidewillbereplacedwiththe
lengthoftheoppositeside.
sin() = oppositeside
hypotenuse
sin(18) =

x
10.5

sin(18) * 10.5 = x
3.24x
Figure4.LengthofSidex
Figure4showshowthelengthofthesidemarkedxwasfound.Thislengthis
exactly(sin(18
)*10.5),orapproximately3.24ft.
Nowthattheheightandbaseofthistrianglehavebeenfound,theareacanbe
foundusingtheareaformulafortriangles,whichis a = 12 bh .Ameansarea,bmeans

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base,andhmeansheight.Inthisinstance,however,sincethetrianglewassplitinto
two,therevisedformulais a = 12 (2b)h .
a = 12 (2b)h
a = 12 (2 * 3.24) * 9.99
a = 3.24 * 9.99
a32.40
Figure5.AreaofOneoftheTrianglesusedinFindingtheAreaofPolygon1
Figure5showshowtofindtheareaofoneofthetrianglesthatmakeupPolygon
2
1.Thefinalareaisabout32.40ft
.However,sincetherearetenofthesetriangles,this

numbermustbemultipliedbytentofindtheareaoftheentirepolygon.Whenmultiplied
2
byten,approximately32.40becomesabout324.02.TheareaofPolygon1is324.02ft
.

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Figure6.Polygon2
Figure6showsPolygon2andthetrianglethathasbeenconstructedinsideofit.
Theheightofthetriangleis10.5cos(18
)1feetbecausetheheightofthetrianglein
Polygon1is10.5cos(18)feet,andPolygon2hassmallersidesthanPolygon1.
Polygon2isseparatedfromPolygon1byafoot.
ThelengthofoneofthesidesofPolygon2mustbefoundbeforethefinalarea
canbefound.Forthis,tangentwillbeused.Tangentisusedwithananglemeasure

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andthelengthoftheoppositesidefromtheangledividedbythelengthoftheadjacent
side.
w
tan(18) = 10.5(cos18)1

tan(18) * (10.5cos(18) 1) = w
2.92w
Figure7.LengthofSidew
Figure7showshowthebaseofoneoftherighttrianglesinsidePolygon2was
found.Thebaseisequaltotan(18)*(10.5cos(18)1)feet,orroughly2.92feet.When
thisanswerismultipliedbytwo,theresultisabout5.84feet.Nowthatthetotalbase
hasbeenfound,thetriangularareaformulacanbeusedtofindthearea.
a = 12 bh
a = 12 ((2 * tan(18) * (10.5cos(18) 1)) * (10.5cos(18) 1)
a26.24
Figure8.AreaofOneoftheTrianglesUsedinFindingtheAreaofPolygon2
Figure8showshowtheareaofoneofthetrianglesthatisusedtofindthearea
2
ofPolygon2wasfound.Theareaofthetriangleisabout26.24ft
.Tofindthetotalarea

ofPolygon2,thisanswermustbemultipliedby10.ThetotalareaofPolygon2isabout
2
262.37ft
.

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Figure9.Polygon3
Figure9showsPolygon3andthetrianglethathasbeenconstructedinsideofit.
Theheightofthetriangleis10.5cos(18
)2feetbecausetheheightofthetrianglein
Polygon1is10.5cos(18)feet,andPolygon3hassmallersidesthanPolygon1.
Polygon3isseparatedfromPolygon1by2feet.
ThelengthofoneofthesidesofPolygon3mustbefoundbeforethefinalarea
canbefound.Forthis,tangentwillbeused.Tangentisusedwithananglemeasure

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andthelengthoftheoppositesidefromtheangledividedbythelengthoftheadjacent
side.
tan(18) =

v
10.5(cos18)2

tan(18) * (10.5cos(18) 2) = v
2.59v
Figure10.LengthofSidev
Figure10showshowthebaseofoneoftherighttrianglesinsidePolygon3was
found.Thebaseisequaltotan(18)*(10.5cos(18)2)feet,orroughly2.59feet.When
thisanswerismultipliedbytwo,theresultisabout5.19feet.Nowthatthetotalbase
hasbeenfound,thetriangularareaformulacanbeusedtofindthearea.
a = 12 bh
a = 12 ((2 * tan(18) * (10.5cos(18) 2)) * (10.5cos(18) 2)
a20.72
Figure11.AreaofOneoftheTrianglesusedinFindingtheAreaofPolygon3
Figure11showshowtheareaofoneofthetrianglesthatisusedtofindthearea
ofPolygon3wasfound.Theareaofthetriangleisabout20.72
2
ft
.TofindthetotalareaofPolygon3,thisanswermustbemultipliedby10.The
2
totalareaofPolygon3isabout207.23ft
.

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Figure12.Polygon4
Figure12showsPolygon4andthetrianglethathasbeenconstructedinsideof
it.Theheightofthetriangleis10.5cos(18
)3feetbecausetheheightofthetrianglein
Polygon1is10.5cos(18)feet,andPolygon4hassmallersidesthanPolygon1.
Polygon4isseparatedfromPolygon1by4feet.
ThelengthofoneofthesidesofPolygon4mustbefoundbeforethefinalarea
canbefound.Forthis,tangentwillbeused.Tangentisusedwithananglemeasure

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andthelengthoftheoppositesidefromtheangledividedbythelengthoftheadjacent
side.
tan(18) =

x
10.5(cos18)3

tan(18) * (10.5cos(18) 3) = x
2.26x
Figure13.LengthofSideu
Figure13showshowthebaseofoneoftherighttrianglesinsidePolygon4was
found.Thebaseisequaltotan(18)*(10.5cos(18)3)feet,orroughly2.26feet.When
thisanswerismultipliedbytwo,theresultisabout4.54feet.Nowthatthetotalbase
hasbeenfound,thetriangularareaformulacanbeusedtofindthearea.
a = 12 bh
a = 12 ((2 * tan(18) * (10.5cos(18) 3)) * (10.5cos(18) 3)
a15.86
Figure14.AreaofOneoftheTrianglesusedinFindingtheAreaofPolygon4
Figure14showshowtheareaofoneofthetrianglesthatisusedtofindthearea
2
ofPolygon4wasfound.Theareaofthetriangleisabout15.86ft
.Tofindthetotalarea

ofPolygon4,thisanswermustbemultipliedby10.ThetotalareaofPolygon3isabout
2
158.58ft
.

Part3:VolumeoftheConcreteNeededfortheFooting,thePlexiglassNeededfor
theFloor,andtheLegosNeededfortheAquarium

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Thetowerisnotonlymadeupofthevisibletoweritself.Italsoincludesa
concretefooting.Thisfootingis3.5feetdeepintothegroundandrunsfromPolygon1
toPolygon4.Thismeansthatitisthreefeetwide.

Figure15.Footing
Figure15showsthefootingofthetower.Itis3.5feetdeepintothegroundandis
3feetwideoneachofits10sides.ItrunsfromPolygon1toPolygon4.Itishollowin
thecenter.Tofindthevolumeofthefooting,thevolumesofPolygons1and4(when
theybecomeprismswithheightsof3.5feet)mustbefoundfirst.ThenPolygon4s
volumewillbesubtractedfromPolygon1svolume.
TofindthevolumeoftheprismthatPolygon1makes,thevolumeformulafor
prismsmustbeused.Theformulais v = ba * h .B
meanstheareaofthebaseandh
a
meanstheheightoftheprism.
v = ba * h
v = 324.02 * 3.5
v1134.06
Figure16.VolumeofthePrismMadefromPolygon1

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Figure16showshowthevolumeoftheprismmadefromPolygon1wasfound.
3
Thevolumeisabout1134.06ft
.Next,thevolumeforthesmallerprismmadefrom

Polygon4mustbefound.
v = ba * h
v = 158.58 * 3.5
v555.03
Figure17.VolumeofthePrismMadefromPolygon4
Figure17showshowthevolumeoftheprismmadefromPolygon4wasfound.
3
Thevolumeisabout555.03ft
.Nowthatthisisknown,thesecondvolumemustbe

subtractedfromthefirstvolume.Whenthisisdone,thefinalvolumeofthefootingis
3
about579.03ft
.

Ifonlythatwereall!However,theconcreteusedinthefootingisnotcheap.The
concretecanbeinstalledfor$115percubicyard.Sinceayardisequaltothreefeet,the
volumeofthefootingwillbedividedbythreesothatitcanbemeasuredinyards.There
areabout193.01cubicyardsofconcretethatwillbeusedinthefooting.Thisnumber
willberoundedupto194cubicyards.At$115percubicyard,thefinalcostofthe
concreteis$12,310.Toomuchmoney,yousay?Well,canyoureallyputapriceon
regainingthebeautifulinnocenceofyourchildhood?Wethoughtnot.
Thetowerwillhavea4inchfloormadeofPlexiglass.Thisfloorisessentially
Polygon4andiscontainedbetweentheinneredgesofthefooting.

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Figure18.FlooroftheTower
Figure18showstheflooringofthetower,orPolygon4.Theflooris4inches
thick.Tofindthevolumeofthisflooring,thevolumeformulaforprismsmustonceagain
beused.
v = ba * h
v = 158.58 * 13
v52.86
Figure19.VolumeoftheFlooring
Figure19showshowthevolumeoftheflooringwasfound. 13 feetwasusedas
3
theheightasopposedtousing4inches.Thefinalvolumeisabout52.86ft
.The

PlexiglasscompanywillinstallthePlexiglassforthelowpriceof$1,100per48by96
by4sheet.Sincethefloorisalreadyfourinchesthick,48and96canbetranslated
into3and8,multiplied,andtheareaofPolygon4willbedividedbytheresulting
number.Attheendofallofthis,about2.2sheetsofPlexiglassareneeded.This
numberwillberoundedupto3sheetsforafinalcostofmerely$3,300.Sofar,youre

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spendingabout$15,500onthistower.Butdoesthecostreallymatter?Whatmatters
mostisreclaimingyourinnerchildandsimplyhavingfun.
WewillreadilyadmitthatwewereabitbaffledbyyourproposalofaLego
aquarium.Biologically,nocreaturecansurviveinaLegoaquariumandwouldinfact
dieveryquicklyifplacedinside.However,wewillcertainlybuildthisLegoquariumfor
you,evenifwegiveeachotherconfusedglanceseverystepoftheway.

Figure20.TheAquarium
Figure20showshowmuchwater(orLegos)willfitinsidetheflooringifitisfilled
up75%.
Theaquariumwillgoinsidethefootingunderneaththeflooring,anditwillbe75%
filledwithLegos.TheamountofLegosthatwillbeplacedinsidetheaquariumcanbe
foundusingthevolumeofPolygon4sportionofthefooting,whichisalreadyknownto
3
beabout555.03ft
.Thisnumberwillbemultipliedby 34 tofindtherequiredamountof

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Legos.Whencalculated,555.03multipliedby 34 isequalto416.27.Thismeansthatthe
3
aquariumwillbefilledwith416.27ft
ofLegos.

Part4:OneLateralFaceoftheOuterPrismBase
Tofindthelateralsurfaceareaoftheouterprism,theareaofonesideofthe
prismmustbefound.Thebaseofonesideoftheouterprismis5.84feetinlength
(seeFigure7anditscorrespondinganchor).Theheightofthesideis11.68feet,
becausetheheightoftheprismistwicethelengthofonesideofPolygon2.Tofindthe
areaofonesideoftheouterprism,theareaformulaforrectanglesmustbeused,which
is l * h = a ,withlmeaninglength,hmeaningheight,andameaningarea.
5.84 * 11.68a
68.21a
Figure21.AreaofOneSideofthePrism
2
Figure21showstheareaofonesideoftheouterprism.Theareais68.21ft
.

Sincethisistheareaofonlyonesideoftheprism,thisnumbermustbemultipliedby
2
tentogetthefinalsurfaceareaoftheouterprism,whichequals682.11ft
.

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Figure22.OneSideoftheOuterPrism
Figure22showsthedimensionsofonesideoftheouterprismwithoutanydoors
orwindows.
However,thedesignplanforthetoweralsoincludesonedoorandtwowindows.
Thedoorhasabaseofthreefeetandaheightoffivefeet,plushalfofadecagonwitha
diameterofthreefeet.

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Figure23.Door
Figure23showswhatthedoorlookslikeononesideoftheprism.Thedoors
areacanbefoundoncetheareaofthehalfdecagonontopofthedoorisfound.

Figure24.Window
Figure24showswhatthewindowlookslikeononesideoftheprism.The
windowseachhaveadiameterofthreefeet.
Tofindtheareasoftheseobjects,thedecagonsthatareusedcanbedivided
intotwentyrighttriangles,liketheonebelow.

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Figure25.FindingtheAreaoftheDoorandWindows
Figure25showsatrianglethatcanbeusedtofindtheareaofthedecagonthat
makesupthewindowsandhalfofthedoor.Theangleatthetopofeachrighttriangleis
18,justlikePolygons14sincetheyarealldecagons.Thehypotenuseofthetriangle
is1.5feet,sincethehypotenuseistheradiusofthedecagon,andtheradiusishalfof3
feet.Tofindtheareaofthetriangle,theheightandbasemustbefound.Thesecanbe
foundusingsineandcosine.
cos() = adjacentside
hypotenuse
cos(18) =

y
1.5

cos(18) * 1.5 = y
1.43y
Figure26.Findingtheheightofthetriangle

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Figure26showshowtheheightofthetrianglecanbefound.Cosinewasused
becauseitrequiresasideadjacenttotheangle(whichiswhatneededtobefound)and
thehypotenuse(whichwasalreadyknown).Theheightofthetriangleisapproximately
2
1.43ft
.

sin() = oppositeside
hypotenuse
sin(18) =

x
1.5

sin(18) * 1.5 = x
0.46x
Figure27.Findingthebaseofthetriangle
Figure27showshowthelengthofthebaseofthetrianglecanbefound.Sine
wasusedbecauseitonlyrequiresthelengthoftheoppositesidetotheangle(whichis
whatmustbefound)andthehypotenuse(whichisalreadyknown).Theheightofthe
2
triangleisapproximately0.46ft
.

Nowthattheheightandbaseofthetriangleareknown,theareacanbefound.
Theareaformulaforatriangleis a = 12 bh ,whereameansarea,bmeansbase,and
hmeansheight.Sincethetrianglethathasbeendiscussedisonerighttriangle,it
takestwotrianglestocompriseonesideofthedecagon.Therefore,thebaseofthe
trianglewillbemultipliedbytwotocreateonesideofthedecagon.Thenewarea
formulais a = 12 (2b)h .Whenfindingthearea,theunroundedformsoftheanswerswill
beused.
1
2 ((1.5sin(18)) * 2) * (1.5cos(18))

(1.5sin(18)) * (1.5cos(18)) = a

= a

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0.66a
Figure28.AreaofTheTriangleusedfortheWindowsandDoor
Figure28showshowtofindtheareaofthetrianglethatisusedtofindthearea
ofthedodecahedronthatisplacedontopofthedoor.Theareaisapproximately0.66
2
feet
.Thetotaldecagon,however,ismadeupoftenofthesetriangles,sothefinalarea

forthedecagonisthisanswermultipliedbyten.Thisgivesafinalareaofapproximately
2
2
6.61ft
.Thismeansthateachwindowsareaisapproximately6.61ft
.Thedoorstop,

however,isonlyhalfofoneofthesepolygons.Tofindthetotalareaofthedoor,the
areaofthebottompartofthedoorthatdoesnotincludethedecagonmustbefound.
Thisportionofthedoorisarectanglesothenormalareaformulaforrectanglesand
squarescanbeused,whichis a = bh ,whereameansarea,bmeansbase,andh
meansheight.
a = bh
a = 3*5
a = 15
Figure29.AreaofPartoftheDoor
Figure29showshowtheareaoftheaforementionedpartofthedoorwasfound.
2
Theareais15ft
.Theotherpartofthedoor(thehalfdecagon)hasanareaofhalfofthe

areaofafulldecagonwithadiameterof3ft.Theareaoftheentiredecagonis
2
2
approximately6.61ft
,whichwhendividedbytwoequalsabout3.31ft
.Togetthefinal

areaofthedoor,thetwopartsofthedoormustbeaddedtogether.
a = 15 + 3.31

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a = 18.31
Figure30.FinalAreaofDoor
2
Figure30showsthefinalareaofthedoor,whichisapproximately18.31ft
.Now

thattheareaofthedoorhasbeenfound,allthatremainsistofindthetotalsurfacearea
oftheprism.Knowingthatthetotalsurfaceareaofthetowerwithoutsubtractingthe
2
doorsorwindowsis682.11ft
,theareaofthedoorandwindowsmustbesubtracted
2
fromthisvalue.Thedoorsareais18.31ft
,andthewindowsbothhaveareasofabout
2
6.61ft
.

areaofprism door window window = totalsurfacearea

682.11 18.31 6.61 6.61 = totalsurfacearea
650.58 = totalsurfacearea
Figure31.AreaofPrism
Figure31showsthefinalsurfaceareaoftheprismofthetower.Thefinalareais
2
about650.58ft
.

Part5:VolumeoftheInnerBasePrism
TheinnerbaseprismisrelatedtoPolygon3,whichisthesecondsmallest
2
polygon.Asdiscussedbefore,theareaofPolygon3isabout207.23ft
.Tofindthe

volumeoftheinnerprism,thevolumeformulaforprismsmustbeused.Theformulais
v = ba * h .Vmeansvolume,b
meanstheareaofthebase,andhistheheightof
a
theprism.
v = ba * h
v = 207.23 * 11.68

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v2420.20
Figure32.VolumeoftheInnerPrism
Figure32showsthetotalvolumeoftheinnerprism.Theinnerprismvolumeis
2
about2420.20ft
.

Part6:PyramidTopoftheOuterPyramidshowingtheheightoftheOuter
PyramidandtheSlantHeightofoneLateralFaceoftheOuterPyramid
Tofindtheareaofthepyramidtopofthetower,theslantheightofonesideof
thepyramidmustbefoundfirst.Theslantheightisthedistancefromthetopofthe
triangletothebase.Thewaytheslantheightwillbefoundisthroughusageofthe
PythagoreanTheorem.Thetheoremis a2 + b2 = c2 andisusedforfindingthesidesof
righttriangles.Thea,b,andccorrespondtodifferentsidesoftherighttrianglewith
aandbbeingthelegs,andcbeingthehypotenuse.Inthisinstance,thelegsofthe
righttrianglewillbetheheightofthepyramidandthedistancefromthecenterofthe
pyramidtothemidpointofthebaseofoneofthesides,asshowninthefigurebelow.

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Figure33.DiagramoftheSlantHeight
Figure33showstherighttrianglethatwillbeusedtofindtheslantheight.The
heightofthepyramidisabout17.52ft,sincetheheightofthepyramidisthelengthof
onesideofPolygon2multipliedby3(5.84*317.52).Thebottomlegofthetriangleis
8.99ft,sincethatistheheightofoneofthetrianglesthatmakeupPolygon2,asseen
inFigure6.Thehypotenuseofthetriangleistheslantheightofonesideofthepyramid.
Tofindthehypotenuse,thePythagoreanTheoremmustbeused.
a2 + b2 = c2
8.992 + 17.522 = c2
99.72 + 308.90 = c2
406.62 = c2
19.69c
Figure34.SlantHeightofOneSideoftheOuterPyramid

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Figure34showshowtheslantheightofasideoftheouterpyramidwasfound.
Theslantheightis19.69ft.
Theanglefromthebaseofthetriangletotheslantmustalsobefound.This
valuecanbefoundbyusingtangent.
oppositeside
tan() = adjacentside

tan() = 17.52
8.99
tan1( 17.52
8.99 ) =
62.84
Figure35.AnglefromtheBaseofthePyramidtoaSide
Figure35showstheanglefromthebaseoftheouterpyramidtoonesideofthe
outerpyramid.Theangleisabout62.84.
Part7:OneLateralFaceoftheOuterPyramid
Nowthattheslantheightofonesideoftheouterpyramidisknown,theanglesof
onesideoftheouterpyramidcanbefound.Thiswillbeaccomplishedbysplittingone
sideofthepyramidintotwohalves.Thetwotriangleswillbothhaveabaseofabout
2.92ft,sincetheoriginalbasewasabout5.84ft,andaheightofabout 387.65 ft,since
thiswastheslantheight.Theresultofthisistworighttriangles.Tangentcanbeusedto
findtheanglesofthistriangle.

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Figure36.LateralFaceoftheOuterPyramid
Figure36showsalateralfaceoftheouterpyramid.Thesidehasbeensplitinto
tworighttriangles.
oppositeside
tan() = adjacentside

tan() = 387.65
2.92
tan1( 387.65
2.92 ) =
81.56
Figure37.MeasureofAngle
Figure37showshowthemeasureofangle wasfound.Theangleisabout
81.56 .Thenextanglethatwillbefoundistheanglethatismarked onthefigure.
oppositeside
tan() = adjacentside

2.92
tan() = 387.65

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2.92
tan1( 387.65
) =

8.44
Figure38.MeasureofAngle
Figure38showshowtheanglemeasureofangle wasfound.Theangleis
about8.44.
Theareaoftheouterpyramidcanbefoundusingtheareaformulafortriangles,
which,asstatedbefore,is a = 12 b * h .Thebaseofonesideoftheouterpyramidisabout
5.98ft,andtheheightisapproximately 387.65 ft.
a = 12 b * h
a = 12 5.98 * 387.65
a57.49
Figure39.AreaofOneSideoftheOuterPyramid
Figure39showshowtheareaofonesideoftheouterpyramidwasfound.The
2
areaisabout57.49ft
.Tofindtheareaoftheentireouterpyramid,thisvaluemustbe

multipliedbytenbecausetherearetensides.57.49multipliedbytenequals574.87.
2
Thatmeansthatapproximately574.87ft
isthetotalareaoftheouterpyramid.

Part8:PyramidTopoftheInnerPyramidshowingtheHeightoftheInnerPyramid

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Figure40.HeightofInnerPyramid
Figure40showstheheightoftheinnerpyramid.Theheightisabout15.57feet
becausetheheightisthreetimesthelengthofonesideofPolygon3.Onesideof
Polygon3isabout5.19feet,and5.19multipliedbythreeisapproximately15.57feet.
Nowthattheheightisknown,thevolumeoftheinnerpyramidcanbefoundusingthe
volumeformulaforpyramids,whichis v = 13 ba * h .Visvolume,B
istheareaofthe
a
base,andhistheheight.
v = 13 ba * h
v = 13 207.23 * 15.57
v1075.44
Figure41.VolumeofInnerPyramid
Figure41showshowtofindthevolumeoftheinnerpyramid.Thefinalvolumeis
3
about1075.44ft
.

Part9:MyTower

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Figure42.TheFullTower
Figure42showstheentiretower,includingthefootingandbase.Nowthatallof
thedimensionsofthetowerareknown,thetotalvolumeandsurfaceareacanbe
calculated.Forthesurfacearea,theformulawouldbe T SA = SAofprism + SAofpyramid
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T SA = SAofprism + SAofpyramid
T SA = 650.58 + 574.87
T SA1225.45
Figure43.TotalSurfaceArea
Figure43showshowthetotalsurfaceareaofthetowercanbefound.Thetotal
2
surfaceareaisabout1225.45ft
.Thetotalvolumeofthetowercanbefoundinmuch

thesameway.
v = volumeofprism + volumeofpyramid
v = 2420.20 + 1075.44
v3495.64
Figure44.TotalVolume
Figure44showshowthetotalvolumeofthetowercanbefound.Thetotal
3
volumeofthetowerisabout3495.64ft
.

Part10:Conclusion
Thedesigningofthistowerhadafewbumps.Therewerefourseparatetimes
whentheentireprocesshadtobestartedoverduetobadalgebra.However,overallthe
processwentsmoothly.Thetowerendedupbeingspaciousandpretty.Withabout
3
3495.64ft
ofspace,youcaneasilyaddmanypersonaltouchestothetower.Andwith
2
1225.45ft
ofoutdoorwallspace,youcanaddplentyofdecorations.Youwillhavethe

coolesttowerontheblock(thatis,ifthereareanyothertowersonyourblock)!Wehope
yourecapturethememoriesofyourchildhood,andwewishyouthebestwithyour
tower.

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