Answer:
64 m²
Step-by-step explanation:
Hello There!
The surface area is the total area of the figure
So in order to find the area we need to find the area of each shape
For the square:
the square has a length of 4 so we can simply find the area by squaring it
4 * 4 = 16
so the area of the square is 16 square meters
Now we need to find the area of the triangles
The formula for area of a triangle is
[tex]A=\frac{bh}{2}[/tex]
where b = base and h = height
The triangles dimensions are:
base - 4m
height - 6m
having found these dimensions we plug them in into the formula
[tex]A=\frac{4*6}{2} \\4*6=24\\\frac{24}{2} =12[/tex]
so the area of one of the triangles is 12 square meters
We want to find the total area of all of the triangles
To do so we multiply the area of one triangle by 4 (because there are four triangles)
12 * 4 = 48
So the total area of the four triangles is 48 square meters
Finally we add the two areas
48 + 16 = 64
so we can conclude that the total surface area of the pyramid is 64 m²
