Find the surface area of a square based pyramid with a side length of 5cm and a slant height of 5cm

Step-by-step explanation:

The surface area of a square pyramid = 1/2 * slant height * base perimeter + area of base

 The slant height is 5 cm

The base perimeter is 4 * 5 cm = 20 cm

The area of the base is 5 cm * 5 cm = 25 cm**2

Plugging into the formula the area =

1/2 * 5 cm * 20 cm + 25 cm**2 =

5 cm * 10 cm + 25 cm**2 =

50 cm**2 + 25 cm**2 = 75 cm**2

check the picture below.

well, the angle at the vertex d is clearly not a right-angle, let's check for the one at the vertex f which does look like,   however if it's indeed, that means ef is perpendicular to df, in which case their slopes will be negative reciprocal of each other.

so the negative reciprocal of the slope of ef is 1, however the slope of df is not 1, is 1/2, so nope, they're not perpendicular lines.