SOLUTION: What is the surface area of a square pyramid that had an 8cm base length and and triangular faces that are 14cm tall.

Question 1071143: What is the surface area of a square pyramid that had an 8cm base length and and triangular faces that are 14cm tall.

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The surface area of a square pyramid is divided into 2 major sections:
The area of the base and the area of the area of the 4 faces.
The area of the base is the area of a square with side length 8, or
The area of one face is the area of a triangle with base 8 and height 14, or or 56.
The area, then, of 4 faces is
So, the total area is
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