The base of a pyramid is a square, each of the other four sides is an equilateral triangle, and length of each side is . Find the vertical height of the pyramid.
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The median of the equilateral triangle face 1 0 3 , half the width of the square base 1 0 , and the height of the pyramid h form a right triangle with the median of the equilateral triangle as the hypotenuse. By Pythagorean theorem ,
h 2 ⟹ h = ( 1 0 3 ) 2 − 1 0 2 = 2 0 0 = 2 0 0 = 1 0 2