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Stage 8 - Q7 - 4 marks
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A square pyramid has base side 12 cm, vertical height 8 cm and face slant height 10 cm. A pupil uses 8 cm in the face-area formula. Find the correct surface area and explain the error.

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Locate the triangle whose area you are calculating.

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