The total surface area of the triangular prism that has a height of h and the side length of a is given below.
A triangular prism is a closed solid that has two parallel triangular bases connected by a rectangle surface.
A box is in the shape of an equilateral triangular prism.
If the box is to be covered with paper on its lateral sides.
Let a be the side length of the equilateral triangle and h be the height of the prism.
Then the surface area of the triangular prism will be
Surface area = 2 × area of triangle + 3 × area of the rectangle
The area of the triangle will be
The area of the rectangle will be
Then the total surface area will be
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