A new building is formed by a square prism with a square pyramid on top. The base has an edge length of 60 feet, and the height of the prism is 150 feet. The height of the pyramid is one-sixth the height of the prism. What is the surface area of the exterior of the building rounded to the nearest hundred square feet?

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The surface area of the exterior of the building rounded to the nearest hundred square feet is 40700 feet².

What is surface area ?

Surface area is the amount of space covering the outside of a three-dimensional shape.

Given, base of prism = 60 feet, height of the prism h₁= 150 feet, and height of the pyramid h₂ = 1/6 (150)

                    = 25 feet.

The surface area of the exterior of the building = lateral surface area of prism + pyramid.

                SA = ( 4ah₁ ) +(a√(a² + 4h₂²) )

                SA = ( 4(60)150 ) + ( 60(√60² + 4(25)² )

                      = ( 240* 150 ) + 60(√3600 +2500 )

                      = 36000 + 60(√6100)

                      = 36000 + 60(78.1024)

                      = 36000 + 4686.15

                      = 40686.15

                      ≈ 40700 feet².

Therefore, the surface area of the exterior of the building rounded to the nearest hundred square feet is 40700 feet².

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