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Question 148503: If a figure forms the base with dimensions of 10ft x 10ft and the pyramids other dimensions are 12ft x 13ft what would the surface area be?: If a figure forms the base with dimensions of 10ft x 10ft and the pyramids other dimensions are 12ft x 13ft what would the surface area be?
Answer by jojo14344(1030) About Me  (Show Source):
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From what's given, it's a square base pyramid (because of 10 ft x 10 ft dimensions). The base is given, and you gave other dimensions = 12ft, suppposedly should be the height, and 13 ft should be the distance from the tip on the top going down slanted or diagonal on the body in right angle to the base. Sorry, I don't know if you can picture it. But the formula we'll use for Surface Area= (2*base*slanted height) + (base)^2
SA=2*10ft*13ft + 10^2
SA=260+100
SA=360square ft
If you noticed we didn't use the height. We only need this if we're looking for the Volume.
Thank you,
Jojo