Question

My last tutor said the height of the prism is 5 but I'm not sure what the area of the base is.

Answer 1

The base of the prism is the triangle.

The area of the triangle (B) is:

`B=(b\cdot h)/(2)`

where:

b is the base of the triangle = 7.2.

h = height of the triangle.

Substituting the values:

`\begin{gathered} B=(7.2)/(2)\cdot h \\ B=3.6\cdot h \end{gathered}`

Answer:

`B=3.6\cdot h`