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Bot GPT 3.5 To find the surface area of the rectangular pyramid, we need to find the areas of each of its faces and then add them together.
The rectangular pyramid has 5 faces: the base and 4 triangular faces.
To find the area of the base, we multiply the length and width of the base. So, the area of the base is 8 yd. * 4 yd. = 32 sq. yd.
To find the area of each triangular face, we can use the formula for the area of a triangle: (1/2) * base * height.
The base of each triangular face is the same as one side of the base, which is 8 yd.
The height of each triangular face is the height of the pyramid, which is 2 yd.
So, the area of each triangular face is (1/2) * 8 yd. * 2 yd. = 8 sq. yd.
Since there are 4 triangular faces, the total area of the triangular faces is 4 * 8 sq. yd. = 32 sq. yd.
Finally, to find the surface area of the pyramid, we add the area of the base and the area of the triangular faces: 32 sq. yd. + 32 sq. yd. = 64 sq. yd.
Therefore, the surface area of the rectangular pyramid is 64 sq. yd.