Find the surface area of a square pyramid with base edges of 8 feet. The height of each lateral face is 10 feet. Explain or show how you got your answer.

224 im pretty sure

Step-by-step explanation:

area of a triangle= base x height / 2

if we plug the values from the problem into the equation, we get 8 x 10 / 2 which simplifies into 80 / 2, which is 40. because this is a square pyramid, we know it has 4 triangles, so we multiply 40 by 4, which is 160. now, we find the area of the square, which can be found with the equation length x width. since all sides of square are equal, the equation becomes 8 x 8, which is 64. finally, we add the area of the triangles to that of the square, and we get 224. hope this helps!