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Parker is designing a piece of artwork for a hotel. The artwork is in the shape of a square pyramid as shown. He wants to cover the pyramid with decorative glass. Use a net to find how many square feet of glass he needs to cover the entire pyramid.
3.8 ft
3 ft
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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Use a net: area = base + 4 × (area of one triangular face).

Base area = 3^2 = 9 ft^2.
Each triangular face area = 1/2 × base × slant height = 1/2 × 3 × 3.8 = 5.7 ft^2.
Four triangles = 4 × 5.7 = 22.8 ft^2.

Total area = 9 + 22.8 = 31.8 ft^2.

He needs 31.8 ft^2 of glass.