Question

The surface area of a square pyramid whose base side is 6 cm and height is 4 cm is _____ cm²

Answer 1

The area A would consist of 4 triangle areas and one base.
The base is a 6 x 6 giving you 36 sq cm.
The triangles need one more value, and a inspection reveals that q 3-4-5 triangle exist to figure the height of 5.
triangle area is 1/2 X 5 X 6 =15 sq cm then tims 4 gives 60 sq cm now add that base of 36 sq cm gives a total of 96 sq cm.

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