Question

when finding the surface area of the rectangular pyramid, what dimension will used to find the height of the triangular sides.

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

The height of the triangular sides of a rectangular pyramid is typically the slant height (l) of the pyramid. This can be found using the Pythagorean theorem, where l = sqrt(h^2 + (0.5 * b)^2), where h is the height of the pyramid and b is the length of the base of the pyramid.