Question

Cece is finding the surface area of a square pyramid by finding the sum of the areas of its faces. Which statement best describes the faces of the pyramid?

A)one square and three triangles
B)one square and four triangles
C)three squares and one triangle
D)three squares and two triangles

Answer 1

The answer is A). one square and three triangles

Explanation:

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Answer 2

D. One square and four triangles

Explanation:

Cece is finding the surface area of a square pyramid by finding the sum of the areas of its faces

Square pyramid has a square base.

each edge of the square base joins at the top of the vertex to make a pyramid

The sides of the pyramid is a triangle

the square has 4 sides, so four triangle on the sides of the pyramid

Hence one square and four triangles forms a square pyramid