To find the volume of a regular pyramid, we need to know the area of its base and the height of the pyramid. To find the area of the base of the pyramid, we can use the formula for the area of a regular polygon.
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Once we have the area of the regular polygon, we can find the height of the pyramid using the Pythagorean theorem.
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Finally, we can plug these values into the formula for the volume of a pyramid.
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Calling getRegularPyramidVolume(4, 6, 8)
with parameters for a regular square pyramid with a side length of 6 and a height of 8 would return the volume of the pyramid.
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