A stone sculpture in a park is in the shape of a square pyramid as shown below.

The area of the base of the sculpture is 49 square feet. What is the lateral area of the sculpture in square feet?

168

336

217

294

Question

A stone sculpture in a park is in the shape of a square pyramid as shown below. 

 

The area of the base of the sculpture is 49 square feet. What is the lateral area of the sculpture in square feet? 

 168 

 336 

 217 

 294

anonymous · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

If the base's area is 49 sq. feet, you can figure out how long each side of the base must be.

Then, you can use the formula for the area of a triangle to find the area of the lateral sides.