SOLUTION: find the slant height of a square pyramid with a base of 8cm if its lateral area is 128cm^2 ?

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find the slant height of a square pyramid with a base of 8cm if its lateral area is 128cm^2 

To find s, the idea is to first determine the area of each triangular side

and apply:    0r  s = 2A/b