Quote Originally Posted by Irving View Post
Just think of a birds eye view sketch of a pyramid, where you have all the measurements of the eaves (base) and all the hips (ridges) going to the top. You couldn't just take the b x h of the perimeter measurements for the total area. You'd have to measure the area of each triangle individually, then add them together.
You are asking for the surface area of the full pyramid in that case, of which the measurement of the base would only give you one side (the bottom/base). I see what you are saying, but I thought that was what you were asking for.

Yeah maths!