. The Great Pyramid of Cheops has a square base of 230 meters on each side, and a height of 147 meters. Find the exposed surface area in square meters
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Since the base is a square, each face is also a square with a side length equal to the height of the pyramid. Therefore, the area of each face is: A = h^2 = 147^2 = 21,609 square meters Show more…
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