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The corner of a cube_has  been cut by the plane passing through mid-point of  the three edges meeting at that corner. If the edge of  the cube is of 2 cm length,  then the volume of the  pyramid thus cut off is

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  1. $\dfrac{1}{24}cm^3$

  2. $\dfrac{1}{6}cm^3$

  3. $\dfrac{1}{48}cm^3$

  4. $6cm^3$

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The base of the pyramid thus out off will be a right angled triangle whose sides containing the right angle will be each equal to 1 cm. The height of the pyramid will also be equal to 1 cm. Hence, the volume will be equal to $\frac{1}{6}  cm^3$.

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?

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  1. 20

  2. 40

  3. 46.875

  4. 56.25

  5. 71.875

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Correct Option: D
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 $56.25$