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What is the surface area of the right prism given below?

What is the surface area of the right prism given below?-example-1
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For this case, we have that the area of the surface of the figure shown is given by:


A_(1): The area of the upper rectangle (inclined)


A_(2): The area of the two triangles.


A_(3): The area of the base of the prism


A_ {4}: The area of the rear rectangle

We apply Pythagoras to know the length of the inclined side of the rectangle:


h = \sqrt {15 ^ 2 + 8 ^ 2}\\h = \sqrt {289}\\h = 17 \ units

Thus, the
A_(1) is given by:


A_ {1} = 10 * 17\\A_ {1} = 170 \ units ^ 2

We look for the area given by the triangles, knowing that the area of a triangle is
\frac {1} {2} b * h, then:


A_ {2} = \frac {1} {2} b * h + \frac {1} {2} b * h\\A_ {2} = b * h\\A _(2) = 15 * 8\\A_(2) = 120 \ units ^ 2

We look for the area of the base of the prism:


A_ {3} = 10 * 15\\A_ {3} = 150 \ units ^ 2

We look for the area of the posterior rectangle:


A_ {4} = 8 * 10\\\A_ {4} = 80 \ units ^ 2

Adding we have:


A_ {t} = (170 + 120 + 150 + 80) \ units ^ 2\\A_ {t} = 520 \ units ^ 2

Answer:


520 \ units ^ 2

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