Question

Find the surface area of the prism.

Answer 1

152 cm^2

Explanation:

To calculate the surface area of this figure, we just need to calculate the surface area of each side and add the total.

Surface area of rectangle = length times width

4 * 8 = 32

Now, we need to multiply 32 by 4 because there are 4 of these rectangles. This yields a value of 128, and we can now find the surface area of the other rectangles:

Surface area of rectangle = length times width

4 * 3 = 12

Now, we need to multiply 12 by 2 because there are 2 of these rectangles. This yields a value of 24 and we can add 24 to 128 to get the total surface area of the prism. This means that the surface area of the prism is 152 cm^2