Carol is going to make a wooden pyramid and then paint it. She drew the net of a square pyramid as shown below to help her plan the project.
What should be the total surface area in square feet of Carol's wooden pyramid?
The net (remove the spaces): imgur . com / gRHtUQs
A. 7.5
B. 15.0 (my answer)
C. 21.0
D. 24.0
can someone please help? :(
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To find the total surface area of Carol's wooden pyramid, we need to calculate the areas of all the faces and add them together.
Looking at the net provided, we can see that the pyramid has a square base and four identical triangular faces.
1. Start by calculating the area of the square base:
- Identify the length of one side of the square base from the net.
- Multiply this length by itself to find the area of the square.
2. Next, calculate the area of one triangular face:
- Use the information from the net to find the base and height of the triangle.
- Multiply the base by the height and divide the result by 2 to find the area of one triangular face.
3. Multiply the area of one triangular face by 4 since there are four identical triangular faces.
4. Finally, add the area of the square base to the total area of the four triangular faces to find the total surface area of the pyramid.
Now let's follow these steps to calculate the total surface area of Carol's wooden pyramid.
Since the net is not available in this text format, please refer to the image you mentioned (https://imgur.com/gRHtUQs) to get the dimensions needed to perform the calculations.
Once you have the dimensions, perform the calculations and select the correct answer.
Use your formula for the surface area of the net. Remember surface area means that you would be "covering" the entire outside of the object.
I can't see your diagram so have no values to base an answer upon.