1.7: Angle between a face of a pyramid and its base

4PM1/2R/June/2022 — Question 6 · 6 marks

1.7 diagram 1
Figure 1 shows a right pyramid VABCD\displaystyle VABCD with vertex V\displaystyle V and square base ABCD\displaystyle ABCD. Each of the edges of the pyramid has the same length.
Find the size, in degrees to one decimal place, of the angle between the plane CVD\displaystyle CVD and the base ABCD\displaystyle ABCD.
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