SOLUTION: find the surface area of a square pyramid with a slant height of 8 and a base side measure of 4

Question 724089: find the surface area of a square pyramid with a slant height of 8 and a base side measure of 4
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The surface area of the base is the surface are of a square with a side length of 4 units.
That area is 16 square units:
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The sides of the pyramid are four triangles with a base length of 4 units, and a height of 8 units.
The surface area of one such triangle (in square units) is

The surface area of all four sides plus the base (in square units) is

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