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Emma is going camping each side triangle on her tent is 5 feet tall the squarebase is 4 feet wide what is the surface area of her tent

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surface area of the base= 4x4=16
surface area of triangle side = base x height = 20 feet
4 sides= 80 feet
80 + 16= 96 feet

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Alright, lets get started.

Please refer the diagram I have attached.

There would be 4 sides of triangular shape and 1 base of square shape.

The base of the triangle is 4 feet and height is 5 feet.

So, area of the triangle would be =
(1)/(2) *4*5 = 10 square feet

As we know there would be 4 sides ,

So, area of 4 sides will be =
4 * 10 = 40 square feet

The area of base will be
= 4 * 4 = 16 square feet

So, total area will be =
40 + 16 = 56 square feet

Hence the surface area of tent will be 56 square feet. : Answer

Hope it will help :)

Emma is going camping each side triangle on her tent is 5 feet tall the squarebase-example-1
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