Question

What is the surface area of this right prism?

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Right triangular prism. The right triangle base has a horizontal leg labeled 4 centimeters and the vertical height of 3 centimeters. The other side is labeled 5 centimeters. The height of the prism is labeled 7 centimeters.

Answer 1

117 cm²

Explanation:

Right triangular prism: 5 surfaces

SA: 2 triangles + 3 rectangles

Triangles

A = bh/2

A = (4 · 3)/2 = 12/2

6 cm²

Rectangles

A = bh

A = 5 · 7

35 cm²

Total

SA: 2 triangles + 3 rectangles

SA: 2(6) + 3(35)

117 cm²

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