Surface Area of a Pyramid with Equilateral Triangular Faces

Surface Area of a Pyramid with Equilateral Triangular Faces

Secondary 2

A pyramid is made of a square base and four equilateral triangles.

The square has sides of \(10\) cm.

Find

  1. the area of one triangular face of the pyramid,
  2. the total surface area of the pyramid.

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Answer:(a) \(43.3\text{ cm}^2\) (b) \(273\text{ cm}^2\)

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