Question

Find the surface area of the prism.

A triangular prism. The base triangle is a right triangle with a base of 8 centimeters, slant height of 17 centimeters and height of 15 centimeters. The height of the prism is 7 centimeters.

Answer 1

400cm²

Explanation:

Total surface area of a prism includes the area of the top and bottom triangle sides of the prism, plus the area of all 3 rectangular sides.

Base & Bottom triangle area: 2 x [(8 x 15)/2] = 120cm²

Side triangle area: 17 x 7 + 8 x 7 + 15 x 7 = 280cm²

Total surface area = 280 + 120 = 400cm²