Question

The altitude of a right square prism is of length 12 and its base has a side of length 8. What is the lateral surface area of this prism?A. 384 units²B. 48 units²C. 484 units²D. 192 units²

Answer 1

Explanation:

Step 1 :

Well a right square prism's bases are squares meaning the area of the base is 64 units².

Meaning 128 "which is the sum of 64+64" needs to be taken out of the SA to find the LSA.

Step 2 :

Now we only have 4 sides to find the area of,

h = 12

l/w = 8

A = (12*8) * 4

A = 96 * 4

LSA = 384 units²