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The answer depends on the what characteristic of the pyramid you want the formula for: its surface area, its volume or something else.
It is: base area+(4*triangle areas)
It has to do with the surface area formula: To find the total surface area of a pyramid, use this equation: Surface Area = B + 1/2 * P * s B = base area P = perimeter of the base s = slant height To find the volume of a Pyramid, substitute into this equation: V=1/3Bh B=base area h=height of pyramid
Square base with 5 sides. Formula for area: 1/3(area of the base)(height)
To calculate the surface area of a truncated pyramid, you first take the surface area of each side. That would be the base time the straight height. If it is a 4 side pyramid with equivelant sides, multiply that answer by 4.
The formula for a square pyramid is one square attached to four triangles which meet at a point.There are other formulae for the surface area or for the volume.
The formula to find the area of an octagonal pyramid is area of base plus area of sides.
total surface area is all of the area. ex. for a square pyramid it would be the area of the square on the bottom and the four triangle sides lateral surface area is all the surface area EXCEPT the base. ex. for a square pyramid it would be the area of the four sides of the pyramid. the bottom square is NOT included. for a triangular prism it would be the area of the three rectangle sides, NOT the two triangular sides
If it is a 4 faced tetrahedron pyramid then its complete surface area is 4*80 =320 square centimetres
A pyramid with these measurements are technically impossible to construct. However if you follow the formula the surface area would be a negative amount.
The formula for the surface area of a circle is pi times the square of the radius. The formula for the surface area of a triangle is base times height, divided by 2. The formula for the surface area of a square or rectangle is length times width.
The answer depends on the what characteristic of the pyramid you want the formula for: its surface area, its volume or something else.
It is: base area+(4*triangle areas)
first you find the area of the base and then you find the area one side of the pyramid an you time it with 3 if it is a triangular pyramid or 4 if it is a square pyramid
It depends on the dimensions of the base and the height (slant or vertical) of the pyramid.
It has to do with the surface area formula: To find the total surface area of a pyramid, use this equation: Surface Area = B + 1/2 * P * s B = base area P = perimeter of the base s = slant height To find the volume of a Pyramid, substitute into this equation: V=1/3Bh B=base area h=height of pyramid
Call the length of the base s and the slant height of one triangle l SA = s2 + 2sl