The surface area of square pyramid that has a base of 5cm and triangle height of 8cm is 108.82 cm²
What is the surface area of a square pyramid?
The surface area of a square pyramid refers to the additional sum of all the four triangular sides as well as the square pyramid's base area.
It can be calculated by using the formula:
[tex]\mathbf{A = a^2 +2a \sqrt{\dfrac{a^2}{4}+h^2 }}[/tex]
[tex]\mathbf{A = 5^2 +2(5) \sqrt{\dfrac{5^2}{4}+8^2 }}[/tex]
[tex]\mathbf{A = 25 +10\sqrt{\dfrac{25}{4}+64 }}[/tex]
A = 108.82 cm²
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