Lisa's car goes 300 miles on 15 gallons of gas . jazzys car goes 450 on 20 gallons whose car is more fuel efficient? Lisa's or j
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Check the picture below.
the "lateral" area, or "sides" area, is just the area of all the four triangular faces, and it doesn't include the bottom or base of the pyramid.
however, notice, each triangular face is really just a triangle with a base of 24, and a height of 16.
![\bf \left[\frac{1}{2}(\stackrel{b}{24})(\stackrel{h}{16}) \right]+\left[\frac{1}{2}(\stackrel{b}{24})(\stackrel{h}{16}) \right]+\left[\frac{1}{2}(\stackrel{b}{24})(\stackrel{h}{16}) \right]+\left[\frac{1}{2}(\stackrel{b}{24})(\stackrel{h}{16}) \right] \\\\\\ \textit{or just }\qquad 4\left[\frac{1}{2}(\stackrel{b}{24})(\stackrel{h}{16}) \right]\impliedby \textit{lateral area of the pyramid}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cbf%20%5Cleft%5B%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B2%7D%28%5Cstackrel%7Bb%7D%7B24%7D%29%28%5Cstackrel%7Bh%7D%7B16%7D%29%20%5Cright%5D%2B%5Cleft%5B%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B2%7D%28%5Cstackrel%7Bb%7D%7B24%7D%29%28%5Cstackrel%7Bh%7D%7B16%7D%29%20%5Cright%5D%2B%5Cleft%5B%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B2%7D%28%5Cstackrel%7Bb%7D%7B24%7D%29%28%5Cstackrel%7Bh%7D%7B16%7D%29%20%5Cright%5D%2B%5Cleft%5B%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B2%7D%28%5Cstackrel%7Bb%7D%7B24%7D%29%28%5Cstackrel%7Bh%7D%7B16%7D%29%20%5Cright%5D%0A%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%0A%5Ctextit%7Bor%20just%20%7D%5Cqquad%204%5Cleft%5B%5Cfrac%7B1%7D%7B2%7D%28%5Cstackrel%7Bb%7D%7B24%7D%29%28%5Cstackrel%7Bh%7D%7B16%7D%29%20%5Cright%5D%5Cimpliedby%20%5Ctextit%7Blateral%20area%20of%20the%20pyramid%7D)
the "lateral" area, or "sides" area, is just the area of all the four triangular faces, and it doesn't include the bottom or base of the pyramid.
however, notice, each triangular face is really just a triangle with a base of 24, and a height of 16.