SOLUTION: What is the surface area of a square pyramid with a square base of 12-inches and a slant height of 15-inches?

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Question 764310: What is the surface area of a square pyramid with a square base of 12-inches and a slant height of 15-inches?
Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Let's find the area of the square base

Now let's find the area of one triangular surface its lateral base

so area
there are surfaces like this, in total
total surface area
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