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The surface area of a pyramid is 533 square meters. what is the slant height? (base=13m) (width=13m)

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To answer this question you will set up an equation that represents how to find the surface area of the net of the pyramid. You would represent it as four times the base of the triangle times the height of the triangle (this is the slant height) divided by two for each triangle plus the area of the square base. I have attached a picture of all the steps you would take to solve for the slant height.
The surface area of a pyramid is 533 square meters. what is the slant height? (base-example-1
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