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For the following question, find the surface area of the regular pyramid shown to the nearest whole number

For the following question, find the surface area of the regular pyramid shown to-example-1

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Answer:

The surface area = 650 m² ⇒ the third answer

Explanation:

* Lets describe the figure

- Its a regular pyramid withe hexagonal base

- It has 6 isosceles triangular faces

- All the sides of the hexagon are equal

* To find the surface area of the pyramid find the area of the 7 faces

- The hexagon formed from 6 equilateral triangles

∴ The area of the hexagon = 6 × 1/2 × base × height

∵ The length of the base = 10 ⇒ given

∵ The length of the height of each triangle = 5√√3 ⇒ given

∴ The area of the hexagon = 6 × 1/2 × 10 × 5√3 = 150√3

* Now lets calculate the area of the side faces

∵ The side face is a triangle with base length 10 and height 13

∴ The area of the side faces = 6 × 1/2 × 10 × 13 = 390

- The total surface are = 150√3 + 390 = 649.8076 ≅ 650 m²

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