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Simon is building a ramp in the shape of a triangular prism. He plans to paint each face of the ramp. What is the total surface area of the ramp?

A triangular prism. The base has a length of 8 feet and height of 4 feet. A rectangular side has a base of 8 feet and height of 5 feet. Another rectangular side has a base of 8 feet and height of 3 feet. The triangular sides have a base of 4 feet and height of 3 feet.
68 square feet
96 square feet
108 square feet
114 square feet

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Answer:

its C

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Answer:

108 square feet

Explanation:

When you say "triangular prism" it means the base is a triangle and the lateral faces are all rectangles. It doesn't matter which side is lying on the ground.

So, we see this is a triangular prism with a 3-4-5 right triangle as a base, and a "height" of 8 feet.

Its total surface area is the area of the two triangle bases plus the area of the three rectangular faces:

A = 2(1/2)(4·3) +8(3 +4 +5) = 12 +96 = 108 . . . . . square feet

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