Question

A tea bag is shaped like a regular square pyramid. Each leg of the base is 4 cm, and the slant height is 5 cm. What are the lateral area & surface area of the tea bag?
a. 40 cm^2 ; 56 cm^2
b. 40 cm^2 ; 52.6 cm^2
c. 36.6 cm^2 ; 52.6 cm^2
d. 36.7 cm^2 ; 56 cm^2
ive already figured out the lateral area its 40 so it a or b

Answer 1

@jim_thompson5910

Answer 2

What's the area of the base of the pyramid?

Answer 3

4^2 so 16?

Answer 4

good

Answer 5

So total surface area is

(Area of base) + (Lateral surface area) = 16+40 = 56 square cm

Answer 6

ok so a thank you!

Answer 7

correct, yw