Question

A net has a square at the center and 4 triangles on the sides. The square has side lengths of 2 yards. The triangles have a base of 2 yards and height of 3 yards.

What is the surface area of the square pyramid?

The surface area is
yd2.

Answer 1

16

Explanation:

Answer 2

16 yd²

Explanation:

The total surface area is the sum of the area of the square base and the 4 triangular sides.

SA = s² + 4 × bh/2

SA = (2 yd)² + 4 × (2 yd)(3 yd)/2

SA = 4 yd² + 12 yd²

SA = 16 yd²