Name: How Do You Find the Surface Area of a Regular Pyramid?
Uploaded: 2023-08-14T06:26:24.959Z
Channel: House of Math
Description: You find the surface area of a regular pyramid by using a smart formula involving the base and the slant height. Watch this video to see this formula used in an example.

If you cut the top off a pyramid parallel to its base, you get a shape called a 

. It looks like a pyramid but with its top chopped off!

You find the surface area of a regular pyramid by using a smart formula involving the base and the slant height. Watch this video to see this formula used in an example.

How Do You Find the Surface Area of a Regular Pyramid?

Length of the boundary of a planar figure

A polygon where all edges have the same length and all interior angles are of equal size

A triangle where all edges have the same length, and all interior angles are of the same size

The bottom face or side of a solid figure. Some figures have a single base, like pyramids or cones, while other figures have two bases, like prisms or cylinders.

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Surface Area

Surface Area Regular Pyramid

Volume

Pyramids

You find the surface area of a regular pyramid by using a smart formula involving the base and height. Watch this video to see this formula used in an example. 