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Find the lateral area and surface area of a regular hexagonal right prism is the base edges are 10 and the height is 12.

Round your answer to the nearest tenth.



LA = units squared


SA = units squared

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Answer:

Explanation:

a hexagonal prism is made up of two bases that are hexagons and six faces that are rectangles.

Lateral surface area, LA = Perimeter × height

Perimeter = number of sides × length of each side

Perimeter, P = 6 × 10 = 60

LA = 60 × 12 = 720 units squared

Area of each base, B = 1/2a × perimeter

Where

a = apotherm

We would determine the length of the apotherm of each base of the prism by applying the formula,

a = s/[2tan(180/n)]

Where

s = length of each side = 10

n = 6 sides

a = 10/[2tan(180/6) = 10/[2tan30)

a = 8.66

B = 1/2 × 8.66 × 60 = 259.8

Total surface area = LA + 2B

Total surface area = 720 + 2 × 259.8 = 1239.6 units squared

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