Question

Each side of the base of a square pyramid measures 8 inches. The height of each lateral face of the pyramid is also 8 inches.

What is the surface area of the pyramid?

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in²

Answer 1

192in²

Explanation:

Each side of the base of a square pyramid measures 8 inches.The height of each lateral face of the pyramid is also inches.

What is the surface area of the pyramid?

192in²

Answer 2

192 in²

Explanation:

The surface area of a square pyramid can be calculated by summing up the area of its base and four lateral faces.

The base area of the square pyramid is 8 x 8 = 64 in².

The area of each lateral face is a triangle with base 8 in and height 8 in, so its area is 1/2 x 8 x 8 = 32 in².

So the total surface area of the pyramid is 64 + 4 x 32 = 192 in².