A church steeple in the shape of a regular square pyramid needs to be reshingled. The part to be covered corresponds to the lateral area of the square pyramid.

Question

A church steeple in the shape of a regular square pyramid needs to be reshingled. The part to be covered corresponds to the lateral area of the square pyramid.

If each lateral edge measures 25 ft and each base edge measures 14 ft, how many square feet of shingles need to be replaced?

Answer 1

TL;DR: 672 ft^2