Question

Find the surface area of a pyramid if its height is 4 cm and its base is a rectangle with side lengths 4 cm and 6 cm. Round to the nearest whole number.

Answer 1

What is the area of the base?

Answer 2

24 cm^2

Answer 3

correct

Answer 4

do you see how I got that triangle I just added?

Answer 5

yes

Answer 6

it's a right triangle with legs 3 and 4

the hypotenuse is what?

Answer 7

5

Answer 8

we will have 2 triangles on the lateral face of the pyramid that look like this



base = 4
height = 5

Answer 9

what is the area of that triangle?

Answer 10

10cm^2

Answer 11

there are 2 of these triangles, so they add to 10+10 = 20 cm^2

the front and back faces