The area of the base of the regular quadrilateral pyramid is 36 cm2 and the area of a lateral face is 48 cm2. Find the Lateral a

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The area of the base of the regular quadrilateral pyramid is 36 cm2 and the area of a lateral face is 48 cm2. Find the Lateral a

rea of the pyramid

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Mkey [24] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-13T18:45:23+03:00

Mkey [24]3 years ago

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The lateral area is 192 cm².

The lateral area is the area of all of the lateral faces. Since the base of the pyramid is a quadrilateral, there are 4 lateral faces. The area of one lateral face is 48 cm²; this means the lateral area is 48(4) = 192 cm².