Find the lateral area of the cone in terms of pi. the radius is 22 in and the height is 26 in. options are a) 572 pi in^2, b) 276 pi in^2, c) 196 pi in^2, d) 286 pi in^2.

The formula for LA is . Right now we only know the height but we need to know the slant height so we can set up a triangle inside the cone (look at attached image). The slant height is the hypotenuse. Solving for it we get . Now we can plug everything we have into the formula: . This means LA is but that's not one of the options even if i turn it into a decimal so recheck my work but I'm pretty sure this is the answer.