SOLUTION: What is the lateral area of a pyramid whose base is a square with side length 6 ft, and whose height is 4 ft and slant height is 5 ft?

Question 143334: What is the lateral area of a pyramid whose base is a square with side length 6 ft, and whose height is 4 ft and slant height is 5 ft?

Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The lateral area is the sum of the areas of the 4 triangles that form the faces of the pyramid. The area of one of the triangles is where b is the base of the triangle (equal to the side length of the base of the pyramid) and h is the altitude of the triangle (equal to the slant height of the pyramid).

So the lateral area is
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