Given the figure of a regular pyramid
The base of the pyramid is a hexagon with a side length = 6
The lateral area is 6 times the area of one of the side triangles
So, the side triangle has a base = 6
The height will be:
so, the lateral area =
Apologies for the bad handwriting.
I’m pretty sure he could only make 1 rectangle with 5cm because it’s an odd number which means he couldn’t stack them on top of each other evenly like he could with the 6cm rectangles, so he’d only be able to line them up next to each other and that’s it (I hope that’s right; sorry if it’s not but it makes sense to me lol)