Question

Emma is going camping. Each side triangle on her tent is 5 feet tall the square base is 4 feet wide what is the surface area of her tent?

Answer 1

3.661 sq feet

Explanation:

Answer 2

The surface area of her tent = 36.661 ft²

Explanation:

∵ The tent is shaped square pyramid without base

∴ The tent has 4 triangular faces

∴ Its surface area = area of each triangular face × 4

∵ The triangular face has base of length 4ft and 2 equal sides of

length 5ft

∴ The height of the Δ =
`\sqrt{(5)^(2)-((4)/(2))^(2)} =√(21)`

∴ Its surface area = 4 ×
`(1)/(2)(4)(√(21)) =` = 36.661 ft²