Question

What is the surface area of the rectangular pyramid?

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Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

To find the surface area of a rectangular pyramid, you need to calculate the area of the base and add the areas of the four triangular faces.

Let's say the rectangular pyramid has a base with dimensions of length L mm and width W mm, and a height of H mm.

1. Calculate the area of the base:
Area of the base = L * W

2. Calculate the area of each triangular face:
Area of triangular face = 0.5 * base * height (where the base is either L or W and the height is H)

3. Add the areas of the base and the four triangular faces to get the total surface area:
Total surface area = Area of base + 4 * Area of triangular face

Therefore, the surface area of the rectangular pyramid is
= Area of base + 4 * (0.5 * L * H + 0.5 * W * H)
= L * W + 2 * L * H + 2 * W * H

So the surface area of the rectangular pyramid is L * W + 2 * L * H + 2 * W * H mm^2.