If X = 12 units, Y = 10 units, and Z = 14 units, then what is the surface area of the right triangular pyramid shown above?
Obviously we can't see the pyramid.
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To find the surface area of a right triangular pyramid, we need to calculate the areas of the different surfaces and then add them up.
To find the surface area of a right triangular pyramid, we need to calculate the area of each face and then sum them up.
A right triangular pyramid has four faces: one base and three adjoining triangular faces.
1. The base of the pyramid is a right-angled triangle with sides X and Y. The area of a triangle can be calculated using the formula: (base * height) / 2.
So, the area of the base is (X * Y) / 2.
2. The first triangular face has sides Y, Z, and the slant height. To find the slant height, we can use the Pythagorean theorem, which states that in a right-angled triangle, the square of the hypotenuse (the longest side) is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.
So, the slant height can be calculated using the formula: sqrt(Y^2 + Z^2).
Once we have the slant height, we can calculate the area of the triangular face using the formula: (base * height) / 2, where the base is Y and the height is the slant height.
3. The second and third triangular faces are similar to the first one, so their areas will also be calculated using the same formula.
To find the total surface area, we add the areas of all the faces together.
Given values:
X = 12 units
Y = 10 units
Z = 14 units
Let's plug these values into the formulas and calculate the surface area of the right triangular pyramid.