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Find the surface area of the right prism. Round your final answer to the nearest whole number if necessary.

Find the surface area of the right prism. Round your final answer to the nearest whole-example-1

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Answer:

196 m²

Explanation:

You want the surface area of the isosceles triangular prism with base edges of 8 m and 3 m, and a prism height of 9.1 m.

Base area

The area of a triangular base can be found from side lengths a, b, c using Heron's formula:

A = √(s(s -a)(s -b)(s -c)) . . . . . . where s = (a+b+c)/2

Here, we have ...

s = (3 + 8 + 8)/2 = 9.5

A = √(9.5×6.5×1.5×1.5) = √138.9375 ≈ 11.79 . . . . square meters

Then the area of the two bases is ...

total base area = 2×11.78 m² = 23.57 m²

Lateral area

The lateral area of the prism is the sum of the areas of its rectangular faces. That sum is the product of the prism height and the perimeter of the base.

LA = (9.1 m)(19 m) = 172.9 m²

Surface area

Then the total surface area of the prism is ...

surface area = base area + lateral area

surface area = 23.57 m² +172.9 m² = 196.47 m²

The surface area of the prism is about 196 square meters.

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