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Stage 9 - Q10 - 6 marks
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A right square pyramid has base side 10 cm and vertical height 12 cm. A pupil uses 12 cm as the height of every triangular face. Find the correct total surface area and by how much the pupil underestimates it.

Hint

The distance from the centre of the square base to a side midpoint is half the side length.

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