document.write( "Question 1117101: What is the surface area of this square pyramid? \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I got 74.24 and rounded it to the nearest tenth which would be 74.2. However this isn't the correct answer. Could someone please help? I googled and find some mentions of slanted heights if this might be the case of this equation. Thanks. \r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #732067 by ikleyn(52943)\"\" \"About 
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