A rectangular window is 4 ft long and 2 ft wide. Leila would like to buy a screen for the window. The cost of
the screen is based on the number of square inches the
screen is. Use the facts to find the area of the window in
square inches.

  6 +2√3 ft²

Step-by-step explanation:

Given a triangular pyramid with ...

Find

Solution

Since corresponding edges are the same length, the area of each of the three faces is (6 ft²)/3 = 2 ft². This can be computed by ...

  A = (1/2)s²·sin(α)

where s is the lateral edge length and α is the angle at the apex formed by the two edges that meet there. Filling in the given values, we find ...

  2 ft² = (1/2)(2 ft)²·sin(α)

  1 = sin(α)   ⇒   α = 90°

That is, each face of the pyramid is an isosceles right triangle with legs of length 2 ft. The hypotenuse of that triangle, the base edge of the pyramid, is then 2√2 ft.

So, the base is an equilateral triangle with edge lengths 2√2 ft. Its area can be computed from ...

  A = (√3)/4·s²

where s is the edge length of the equilateral triangle. That is, the base area is ...

  A = (√3)/4·(2√2)² = 2√3 . . . . square feet

So, the total surface area of the pyramid is ...

  (6 +2√3) ft² ≈ 9.4641 ft² . . . . . total surface area