A pyramid has a square base and congruent triangular

Chapter 0, Problem 76

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A pyramid has a square base and congruent triangular faces. Let be the angle that the altitude a of a triangular face makes with the altitude y of the pyramid, and let x be the length of a side (see the figure). (a) Express the total surface area S of the four faces in terms of a and .

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