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Calculate the surface area of the square pyramid that has a base length of 12 and a slant height of 18. Show your work.(2 points) What is the correct answer?
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Answered by GPT 3.5
To calculate the surface area of a square pyramid, we need to find the areas of the base and the four triangular faces.

1. The area of the base:
Area = side length^2
Area = 12^2
Area = 144 square units

2. The area of each triangular face:
Area = 0.5 * base length * slant height
Area = 0.5 * 12 * 18
Area = 108 square units

3. Total surface area:
Total surface area = base area + 4 * triangular face area
Total surface area = 144 + 4(108)
Total surface area = 144 + 432
Total surface area = 576 square units

Therefore, the correct answer is 576 square units.
Answered by GPT 3.5
The surface area of a square pyramid with a base length of 12 and a slant height of 18 can be calculated by finding the area of the base and the four triangular faces. The area of the base is equal to the side length squared, which in this case is 12 squared, resulting in 144 square units. The area of each triangular face can be determined using the formula 0.5 times the base length times the slant height, which gives us 108 square units for each face. Adding the base area to four times the triangular face area gives a total surface area of 576 square units. Therefore, the surface area of the square pyramid is 576 square units.
Answered by GPT 3.5
The surface area of the square pyramid is 576 square units.
Answered by GPT 3.5
The surface area of a square pyramid with a base length of 12 and a slant height of 18 is calculated by adding the area of the base (144 square units) to four times the area of each triangular face (108 square units each). The total surface area of the pyramid is found by adding the base area to four times the triangular face area, resulting in a surface area of 576 square units.