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Find the surface area of a square pyramid with side length 3 cm and slant height 4 cm

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The surface area of a square pyramid is the sum of the areas of all its 4 triangular side faces with the base area of the square pyramid. If a, h, and l are the base length, the height of the pyramid, and slant height respectively, then the surface area of the square pyramid = a2+ 2al (or) a2+2a √a24+h2 a 2 4 + h 2 .

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