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Surface Area of Pyramids - Lesson 12-2
Today, we looked at how to find the surface area of pyramids. We started by defining this type of polyhedron:
![Definitions related to Pyramids](PyramidDefinitions.gif)
After this, looked at finding the total surface area in the following two examples:
![Example 1 Question](Example1Question.gif)
In order to find the total surface area, we looked at the base and the lateral faces:
![Example 1 - Faces to Consider](Example1Faces.gif)
We found their areas and added them to determine the total surface area of the pyramid:
![Example 1 - Answer](Example1Answer.gif)
We then looked at the following problem:
![Example 2 - Question](Example2Question.gif)
We found the total surface area as shown below:
![Example 2 - Answer](Example2Answer.gif)
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