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Problem 234

Geometry Difficulty 1.4 Multiple choice CEMC Gauss (Grade 8) · Canada · 2012

A pyramid has a square base. How many edges does the pyramid have?

Pick one

Official solution

Since the four sides of a square are equal in length and the perimeter is 36 cm, then each side has length $\frac{36}{4}=9$ cm.

The area of the square is the product of the length and width, which are each equal to 9 cm.
Therefore, the area of the square, in cm $^2$ , is $9\times9=81$ .

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