To find: the lateral surface area of pyramid shown in figure.
Answer to Problem 5CE
The lateral surface area of pyramid shown in figure is
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
V-ABCD is a regular square pyramid.
Calculation:
Since, the pyramid has a square base ABCD .
Calculate the measure of
In
Further simplify.
The height cannot be negative. Neglect the negative value of
There are four-triangular face in the given pyramid. Calculate the area of one triangular-face.
In
Calculate the lateral surface area.
Therefore, the lateral surface area of pyramid shown in figure is
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