Question

Find the surface area of the square pyramid. Base 6 cm by 6 cm, and the height is 8 cm.

Answer 1

I don't understand how you do that. Could you walk me through the steps. I am really confused.

Answer 2

surface area of square pyramid is = (base length)^2 + 2 * base length * height

Answer 3

in above figure there is 4 triangles(all sides) and one square (means base).

The area of the square is s^2 (s is base length that you give 6)

The area of one triangle is (s × l)/2 (l is height)

Since there are 4 triangles, the area is 4 × (s × l)/2 = 2 × s × l

so total surface area is sum of square area and 4 triangles area.