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Surface Areas of Pyramids and Cones: Practice

12 multiple-choice questions, progressively harder.

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  1. 1

    A regular square pyramid has base side 1616 cm and perpendicular height 1515 cm. Find its slant height.

    Identify the perpendicular triangleTrue right triangle VOM in a regular pyramid. VO is perpendicular height 15 cm; OM is base apothem 8 cm; VM is slant height ℓ. The right angle is at O.15 cm8 cmℓVOM
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    A right cone has base radius 88 cm and perpendicular height 1515 cm. Find its closed total surface area.

    Identify the perpendicular triangleTrue right triangle VOM in a right cone. VO is perpendicular height 15 cm; OM is radius 8 cm; VM is slant height ℓ. The right angle is at O.15 cm8 cmℓVOM
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    A sector with radius 1414 cm and angle 180∘180^\circ forms the curved side of a right cone without overlap. Find the cone's base radius.

    A sector patternA circular sector with radius 14 cm and selected angle 180 degrees. The straight radii are cut edges.14 cm180°
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    A right cone has base radius 55 cm and slant height 1818 cm. What sector angle forms its curved side?

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    A regular square pyramid has lateral area 160 cm2160\text{ cm}^2 and base side 1010 cm. Find its slant height.

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    A regular hexagonal pyramid has base side 44 cm and slant height 66 cm. Find its closed surface area exactly.

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    A closed right cone has total area 96π cm296\pi\text{ cm}^2 and curved-side area 60π cm260\pi\text{ cm}^2. Find its radius.

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    An ideal right-conical canopy has rim diameter 88 m and perpendicular height 33 m. It includes the curved covering and no floor disk. Find the covering area.

    Identify the perpendicular triangleTrue right triangle VOM in a right cone. VO is perpendicular height 3 m; OM is radius 4 m; VM is slant height ℓ. The right angle is at O.3 m4 mℓVOM
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    A right cone has slant height 1313 cm and base radius 1212 cm. Find its perpendicular height.

    Identify the perpendicular triangleSchematic right triangle VOM in a right cone. VO is perpendicular height h; OM is radius 12 cm; VM is slant height 13 cm. The right angle is at O.h12 cm13 cmVOMSchematic, not to scale
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    A pyramid has a 66 cm by 88 cm rectangular base. Each face based on a 66 cm edge has altitude 55 cm, and each face based on an 88 cm edge has altitude 18\sqrt{18} cm. Find its lateral area.

    Compare the side-face altitudesTwo triangular face types. Each type occurs twice. The first has base 6 cm and altitude 5 cm. The second has base 8 cm and altitude √18 cm. Dotted altitudes are perpendicular to the face bases.658√18Two faces of each type
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    A sector of radius 1010 cm has selected arc length 12π12\pi cm. It forms a right cone's curved side without overlap. Find the perpendicular cone height.

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    A regular square pyramid has base side 99 cm and slant height 7.57.5 cm. All four side faces are present but the square base is absent. Find the material area.

    A square-pyramid netComplete net of a regular square pyramid. The central square has side 9 cm. Four congruent triangles attach, one to each square edge. A dotted perpendicular within the top triangle labels face altitude 7.5 cm. Dashed square edges are folds.s = 9ℓ = 7.5Dimensions in cm
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