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Find the area of the prism help ASAP!!

Find the area of the prism help ASAP!!-example-1
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To find the surface area of a prism, we must find the area of each side and add them up.

Let's first find the area of the triangular base.

The area of a triangle is
(1)/(2) bh
Where b is the base length and h is the height.

The base length of the triangle is 10.5. The height is 10.


A_B= (1)/(2)bh= (1)/(2) * 10 * 10.5=52.5

The triangular base has an area of 52.5 cm².

The triangular top must also have the same area. Thus, it also has an area of 52.5 cm².

Now we to find the length of the 3 rectangles on the side of the prism.

The formula for the area of a rectangle is
A=wl
where
w is the width and
l is the length.

All rectangles have a width of 8. They all have different lengths. If we find the area of all the rectangles, we have the following:


A_1=8 * 10.5 = 84


A_2=8 * 10 = 80


A_3=8 * 14.5=116

Now, add up ALL the areas we found. We'll have our surface area once we do this.


52.5+52.5+84+80+116=385

The surface area is 385 cm². Hope this helps! :)
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