Question

Alina is building a roof for a dog house. She uses plywood to make the roof with the dimensions shown, but with an open bottom.

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Alina is building a roof for a dog house with the dimensions shown. She uses plywood to make the roof with the dimensions shown, but with an open bottom.

A net of a square pyramid has a square base with side lengths of 4 feet, and 4 triangular sides with heights of 3 feet.

Find the surface area of the roof.

The area of each triangular face is  

✔ 6

ft2.

The surface area of the roof is  

✔ 24

ft2.