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Algebra.Com's Answer #694720 by Boreal(15235)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! If y is the side \n" ); document.write( "the area is 5 parts, the area of the base, x^2=4, plus 4 times the area of the faces. The height of a face is a straight line drawn to bisect the base. The triangle formed has hypotenuse 6, base 1 (bisected), and altitude sqrt (35). (Pythagorean theorem 1^2+x^2=6^2) \n" ); document.write( "The area of each face is (1/2)bh=(1/2)*2* sqrt (35)=sqrt (35) \n" ); document.write( "There are 4 of them so the area of the faces collectively is 4 sqrt (35)=23.66 \n" ); document.write( "Add to that the 4 above and the area is 27.66. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |