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  1. April 30th 2011, 05:42 PM #1
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    Surface area of a pyramid

    Hello Guys vaironxxrd here with a though problem for me again .... I can't seem to know how to find the Area of the Base.



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    If the base was square (how do we know?) then

    4 \times 11.2

    would be the perimeter, not the area.
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    because 11.2 is not the Apothem?
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