Question

a prisms base has a perimeter of 12cm and a height of 2 cm. the area of the base was 5cm. what is the surface area of the prism.

Answer 1

`\text{Surface Area of Prism} = (2 * \text{Base Area}) + (\text{Base perimeter} * \text{height})\\\\~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=(2 * 5)+(12* 2)\\\\~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=10+24\\\\~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=34~~ \text{cm}^2`