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Find the total surface area of this triangular prism.A. 10cm, 4cm, 6cm, 8cm

B. 30cm, 24cm, 7cm, 18cm
C. 8cm, 17cm, 15cm, 2cm
D. 15cm, 12cm, 13cm, 20cm, 9cm, 5cm

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Final answer:

The question is about finding the total surface area of a triangular prism, but it does not provide all necessary dimensions. It's important to have the dimensions of the triangular bases and the rectangle sides to calculate the surface area accurately.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question asks for the total surface area of a triangular prism, but does not provide enough information to calculate it. Normally, you would need the dimensions of the triangular bases and the rectangle sides (the lateral faces). However, let's take the provided options and see if we can interpret how the surface area might be calculated. For example, option A describes a prism with sides 10 cm, 4 cm, 6 cm, 8 cm. Assuming that 10 cm and 4 cm are the sides of the triangular base and 6 cm is the height of this triangle, we can calculate the area of the triangular base as follows: Area of triangle = 1/2 × base × height = 1/2 × 10 cm × 6 cm = 30 cm². The total surface area would include two of these bases and the three rectangular sides. The lengths of the sides of these rectangles aren't fully clear from the question, so we cannot determine the surface area without additional information.

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