.Which of the following is a situation where finding neither the lateral area nor the surface area would be appropriate?

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anonymous · Answer

choices 
		Determining how many bricks are needed to build a pyramid with a brick floor.
		Determining how much stucco is needed to stucco the walls and roof of a building.
		Determining how much paint is needed to entirely paint a pyramid-shaped ornament.
		Determining how much paint is needed to paint the walls of your bedroom.

anonymous · Answer

The first one. Finding the Surface Area or Lateral Area will give you no information about the floor

anonymous · Answer

i think is A

anonymous · Answer

ok cool thanks we both agree

anonymous · Answer

Although i believe if you take the Surface Area - the lateral area of a pyramid, you'll get the area of the bottom, or floor :P

anonymous · Answer

Just for the future students who look at this, I submitted my exam with this answer about the brick floor and it was wrong..