Find the surface area of the tin game case

Mathematics

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butalik [34]3 years ago

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To find the surface area you will need to find the area of all 5 surfaces (faces) on the prism. On a triangular prism there are 2 triangular faces and 3 rectangular faces. All 3 rectangular faces are the same and the 2 triangular faces are also the same.

To find the area of the triangular faces, you will use the formula for finding the area of a triangle:

A = 1/2bh
1/2 x 10 x 8.7
A = 43.5 in^2

To find the area of the rectangular faces, you will use the formula for finding the area of a rectangle:

A = bh
10 x 3
A = 30 in ^2

30 + 30 + 30 + 43.5 + 43.5 = 177

The minimum amount of wrapping paper needed for the gift is 177 square inches.

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Maksim231197 [3]

Answer:

x = tan⁻¹(⅘)

Step-by-step explanation:

We can solve for x by using trigonometric ratios (sin, cos, and tan)

We need to apply the appropriate ratio that uses the two sides 8 and 10 from the perspective of x. See attached image for information about ratios. (Source: Math is Fun)

The tangent ratio is opposite divided by adjacent. It will relate x to the two sides. So we would write

tan(x) = ⁸⁄₁₀

Then we simplify and move the tan to the other side by multiplying both sides by the inverse of tan (since you cannot divide by tan)

tan(x) = ⅘

x = tan⁻¹(⅘)

Then we can use a calculator to evaluate x

If you want to find y, now that you have two angles of the triangle, you can find the sum of 90 + x and subtract that from 180 (since all angles of a triangle add up to 180) to find y.