Question

A square pyramid is shown below:

A square pyramid is shown. The sides of the square base are labeled 0.9 foot. The height of one of the triangular sides is labeled 4 feet

What is the surface area of the pyramid?


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Answer 1

@Jadzia

Answer 2

formula for the surface area of a square pyramid is the combination of the area of a square(the base) and four triangles (the sides)

let's do the base first. Area of square is s^2 , where s = 0.9 ft, so 0.9^2 is?

Answer 3

1.8

Answer 4

right.
now let's move on with the area of the triangles.
apply the formula that we used in your previous question, bh/2
base is 0.9 and height is 4, what will you get?

Answer 5

1.8

Answer 6

yes that multiply it by 4 since we have 4 sides in a pyramid

Answer 7

7.2

Answer 8

right. now add that with area of the base that we found before

Answer 9

9

Answer 10

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