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Each side of the base of a square pyramid is reduced by $20%$. By what percent must the height be increased so that the volume of the new pyramid is the same as the volume of the original pyramid?

  1. 20

  2. 40

  3. 46.875

  4. 56.25

  5. 71.875
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Explanation
Let $a$ be the side of the square.
Length of side of square when reduced by $20\% = a-\dfrac{20a}{100}=0.8a$
Let $a _1=0.8a$
Volume of pyramid $V=\dfrac { 1 }{ 3 } \times $ Area of base $\times height=\dfrac{1}{3}A\times h$
Area of base with side $a = { a }^{ 2 }$ 
${ a }^{ 2 }=0.8a$

${V} _{ 1 }=\dfrac { 1 }{ 3 } \times { \left( { a } _{1} \right)  }^{ 2 }\times { h } _{ 1 }$ 
${V} _{ 1 }=V$ ....... [Given]

$\Rightarrow \dfrac { 1 }{ 3 } { a }^{ 2 }\times h=\dfrac { 1 }{ 3 } { \left( 0.8 \right)  }^{ 2 }{ a }^{ 2 }\times { h } _{ 1 }$

$\therefore { h } _{ 1 }=1.5625h$ 

$\implies \dfrac { { h } _{ 1 }-h }{ h } =1.5625-1=56.25%$

$\therefore$  'h' need to be increase by $56.25$