Find the surface area of the figure to the nearest whole number.
PLEASE HELPPPP

Question

Find the surface area of the figure to the nearest whole number.  
PLEASE HELPPPP

erinweeks · Answer

A. 310 ft2	

B. 158 ft2	

C. 135 ft2	

D. 74 ft2

I thought it was C but it was wrong -_-

anonymous · Answer

the back side in the image is very confusing :/

erinweeks · Answer

its 2.5 and 3.3

anonymous · Answer

hint: split it into two objects. find the surface area of the top triangle pyramid and add it to the surface area of the square prism

erinweeks · Answer

im still confused

anonymous · Answer

but you understand what I said?

erinweeks · Answer

i dont really -_-

anonymous · Answer

k wait, let me work through the whole thing first then I'll explain it to you.

erinweeks · Answer

okay thank you

anonymous · Answer

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see I split the two? this is what I meant and excuse my drawing.
Note: we do not need to find the bottom base of the pyramid and top of the square prism, as it is not accounted towards the total surface area. (It's the part where they are glued together if you may).