SOLUTION: What is the lateral area of a rectangular pyramid, in square feet, whose base is 32 feet long and 20 feet wide, and has a slant height of 27 feet?

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Question 1138709: What is the lateral area of a rectangular pyramid, in square feet, whose base is 32 feet long and 20 feet wide, and has a slant height of 27 feet?
Answer by ikleyn(52797)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The condition looks strange, since such a pyramid has slant heights of two different lengths,

while the condition does not specify which exactly of the two slant heights is 27 ft long.



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