Question

What is the surface area of a prism whose bases each have area 16 m' and whose lateral surface

area is 64 m2
A.80
B.144
C.96
D.160

Answer 1

a prism, like those two in the example in the picture below, will have two bases, one at the bottom and one atop, and then the sides.

now, this prism has two bases each of which is 16, and the sides are 64 altogether, so the surface area is simply 16 + 16 + 64 = 96.