We learned in class that to find the surface area of a square pyramid we needed to find the area of the base and the area of all four triangles and then find the total with a square pyramid all four triangles are identical which made it a little easier suppose that I have a pyramid with a rectangular base the height of the pyramid is 15 inches and the base is a 10" x 12" rectangle make a rough sketch of the none of this or Taylor pear pyramid and then find the surface area by finding the areas of each of the faces round your answer to the nearest 10th

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We learned in class that to find the surface area of a square pyramid we needed to find the area of the base and the area of all four triangles and then find the total with a square pyramid all four triangles are identical which made it a little easier suppose that I have a pyramid with a rectangular base the height of the pyramid is 15 inches and the base is a 10" x 12" rectangle make a rough sketch of the none of this or Taylor pear pyramid and then find the surface area by finding the areas of each of the faces round your answer to the nearest 10th 

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