A company will manufacture a tent that will have a square, 15-ft by 15-ft base, 4 vertical walls, each 10 ft high, and a pyramid-shaped top made out of 4 triangular pieces of cloth, as shown in Figure 13.15. At its tallest point in the center of the tent, the tent will reach a height of 15 ft. 10 ft 15 ft Figure 13.15 Draw a small version of a pattern for one of the 4 triangular pieces of cloth that will make the pyramid-shaped top of the tent. Label your pattern with enough information so that someone making the tent would know how to measure and cut the material for the top of the tent

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A company will manufacture a tent that will have a square, 15-ft by 15-ft base, 4 vertical walls, each 10 ft high, and a pyramid-shaped top made out of 4 triangular pieces of cloth, as shown in Figure 13.15. At its tallest point in the center of the tent, the tent will reach a height of 15 ft. 10 ft 15 ft Figure 13.15 Draw a small version of a pattern for one of the 4 triangular pieces of cloth that will make the pyramid-shaped top of the tent. Label your pattern with enough information so that someone making the tent would know how to measure and cut the material for the top of the tent. 

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