a perfume with plastic cover is in a form of a pyramid with square base. each side of base is 6cm and the height of each triangular face is 16cm. what is its total surface area?

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anonymous · Answer

each triangle has area= (1/2)(base)(height)
there are 4 faces
total area=4 faces + base
total area =4(1/2)(6)(16) + 6^2
assuming that the base is included

anonymous · Answer

then??

anonymous · Answer

plug it into a calculator... I gave the formula and then numbers in the formula.

anonymous · Answer

that last "total area" should do it

anonymous · Answer

is 228 the answer??

anonymous · Answer

that's what I got, if you include the square base

anonymous · Answer

can i ask you another question?

anonymous · Answer

sure