Required: surface area

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Shown in the figure is a regular pyramid with a height of 12 m 12~\text{m} . The base is a regular hexagon with an edge length of 6 m 6~\text{m} . Find the surface area of the pyramid in m 2 \text{m}^2 . If your answer can be expressed as a ( b + c ) a(\sqrt{b}+\sqrt{c}) , where a , b a,b and c c are positive co-prime integers, submit a + b + c a+b+c .


The answer is 76.

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Relevant wiki: Surface Area - Problem Solving

From my diagram, in order to compute for the slant height L L , we need to know x x . By pythagorean theorem, x = 6 2 3 2 = 3 3 x=\sqrt{6^2-3^2}=3\sqrt{3} . So, L = 1 2 2 + ( 3 3 ) 2 = 3 19 L=\sqrt{12^2+(3\sqrt{3})^2}=3\sqrt{19}

The surface area is equal to the lateral area (sum of the areas of the triangles) plus the area of the hexagon. The lateral area is 1 2 P L \dfrac{1}{2}PL where P P is the perimeter of the base and L L is the slant height. The area of the hexagon is 3 2 3 x 2 \dfrac{3}{2}\sqrt{3}x^2 where x x is the edge length of the hexagon. Thus,

A = 1 2 ( 6 ) ( 6 ) ( 3 19 ) + 3 2 3 ( 6 2 ) = 54 19 + 54 3 = 54 ( 19 + 3 ) A=\dfrac{1}{2}(6)(6)(3\sqrt{19})+\dfrac{3}{2}\sqrt{3}(6^2)=54\sqrt{19}+54\sqrt{3}=54(\sqrt{19}+\sqrt{3})

So the desired answer is a + b + c = 54 + 19 + 3 = 76 a+b+c=54+19+3=\boxed{76}

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