A pyramid with a square base area of 100 square inches has its height cut in half, resulting in a frustum. What is the area of the top of the frustum? When the top of the pyramid is removed at the midpoint of its height, the resulting top square's sides will be half the length of the bottom square's sides. The area of the top of the frustum is square inches.

A pyramid with a square base area of 100 square inches has its height cut in half, resulting in a frustum. What is the area of the top of the frustum? When the top of the pyramid is removed at the midpoint of its height, the resulting top square's sides will be half the length of the bottom square's sides. The area of the top of the frustum is square inches.

Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012

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