document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1133462>Question 1133462</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I need to find the surface area of a pyramid that has a rectangular base with edges of length 10 and 24. The vertex of the pyramid is directly 13 units above the center of the base.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We know that the height is 13, the length is 24, and the width is 10. I tried 751.199m^2, but is it wrong and I don't understand why.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Hello!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I need to find the surface area of a pyramid that has a rectangular base with edges of length 10 and 24. The vertex of the pyramid is directly 13 units above the center of the base.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We know that the height is 13, the length is 24, and the width is 10. I tried 751.199m^2, but is it wrong and I don't understand why.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<PRE STYLE=\"white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;\">The formula for surface area of a rectangular pyramid is: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28highlight_green%28highlight%28matrix%281%2C3%2C+A%2C+%22=%22%2C+LW+%2B+L%2Asqrt%28%28W%2F2%29%5E2+%2B+h%5E2%29+%2B+W%2Asqrt%28%28L%2F2%29%5E2+%2B+h%5E2%29%29%29%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, where:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "L = length of RECTANGULAR base<BR>\n" );
document.write( "W = width of RECTANGULAR base<BR>\n" );
document.write( "h = height of pyramid<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I did the calculation and I also got what you got: 751.199 m<sup><b>2</sup></b>. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "The only reason I see why this would be wrong is either the numbers are wrong or you were asked to round the answer. </SPAN>\n" );
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