SOLUTION: How do you find the lateral surface of a regular pyramid?

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Question 685075: How do you find the lateral surface of a regular pyramid?
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The lateral surface area of a regular pyramid is the of the areas of its .
The general formula for the lateral surface area of a regular pyramid is

where represents the perimeter of the base and the slant height.

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