The sides of a tetrahedron are 4 equilateral triangles. If the base of each triangle is 8cm and its heights 6.9cm, please help me to calculate the surface are of the tetrahedron.

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Area of each triangular face

= (1/2)base*height

Surface area of tetrahedron
= 4*area of each face.

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To calculate the surface area of a tetrahedron, you need to find the areas of all four equilateral triangles that make up the sides of the tetrahedron.

To find the area of an equilateral triangle, you can use the formula:

\[ \text{Area} = \frac{\sqrt{3}}{4} \times \text{side}^2 \]

Given that the base of each equilateral triangle is 8 cm and its height is 6.9 cm, we need to find the side length of the equilateral triangle.

To determine the side length of an equilateral triangle, you can use the formula:

\[ \text{Side} = \frac{\text{base}}{\sqrt{3}} \]

Using this formula, we can calculate the side length of the equilateral triangle:

\[ \text{Side} = \frac{8 \, \text{cm}}{\sqrt{3}} \approx 4.6188 \, \text{cm} \]

Now we can substitute the side length into the formula for the area of an equilateral triangle:

\[ \text{Area} = \frac{\sqrt{3}}{4} \times (4.6188 \, \text{cm})^2 \]

Calculating the area:

\[ \text{Area} = \frac{\sqrt{3}}{4} \times 21.34 \, \text{cm}^2 \approx 9.8989 \, \text{cm}^2 \]

Since each side of the tetrahedron consists of an equilateral triangle with an area of 9.8989 cm², we can find the total surface area of the tetrahedron by multiplying this value by 4:

\[ \text{Surface Area} = 4 \times 9.8989 \, \text{cm}^2 = 39.5956 \, \text{cm}^2 \]

Therefore, the surface area of the tetrahedron is approximately 39.5956 cm².

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