Question

how can you find the surface area of a pyramid??????

Answer 1

surface area is just adding up all the areas of each face

Answer 2

ok so if there is 4 faces and 1 hight what do i do?

Answer 3

Unfold the pyramid, and you get this!

Answer 4

ok i see that but do i add up all sides and multiply by the height?

Answer 5

Just add up the areas of each face, and that gets you the total surface area.

Answer 6

thats my problem

Answer 7

Is 7 the height of the pyramid, or the length of that face? Is it x=7, or y=7?