What is the surface area of a square pyramid that has a side length of 5 inches and a slant height of 6 inches???

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rajee_sam · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

would it be  96 in^2

rajee_sam · Answer

how?

rajee_sam · Answer

Show me your calculations

anonymous · Answer

I guessed i dont get all of this?

rajee_sam · Answer

I showed you how to do it. Which part of my explanation did you not understand . I can go over it

rajee_sam · Answer

tell me what is the area of the square base?

anonymous · Answer

the triangle part ... how to get the surface of the triangles?

rajee_sam · Answer

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anonymous · Answer

thats the part i dont know ? i dont know how to get the area of the triangle

rajee_sam · Answer

Area of a triangle is 

1/2 x base x height.

from the highlighted part of the triangle what is base and the what is height you see?

anonymous · Answer

6

rajee_sam · Answer

6 is what?

rajee_sam · Answer

base or height?

anonymous · Answer

height and base is 5

rajee_sam · Answer

exactly

anonymous · Answer

well the area of the base is 25

rajee_sam · Answer

now put it in the formula and find the area of one triangle

rajee_sam · Answer

yes area of the base is = 25 correct.

anonymous · Answer

ok

rajee_sam · Answer

That is your B in the S.A. Formula

You are still to find the lateral surface area for which you need to find the area of one triangle and multiply it by 4

anonymous · Answer

thanks for the help i will work on this later but that u so so much! :)