Question

What is the surface area of the right prism given below?

Answer 1

For this case, we have that the area of the surface of the figure shown is given by:

$A_{1}$: The area of the upper rectangle (inclined)

$A_{2}$: The area of the two triangles.

$A_{3}$: The area of the base of the prism

$A_ {4}$: The area of the rear rectangle

We apply Pythagoras to know the length of the inclined side of the rectangle:

$h = \sqrt {15 ^ 2 + 8 ^ 2}\\h = \sqrt {289}\\h = 17 \ units$

Thus, the $A_{1}$ is given by:

$A_ {1} = 10 * 17\\A_ {1} = 170 \ units ^ 2$

We look for the area given by the triangles, knowing that the area of a triangle is $\frac {1} {2} b * h$, then:

$A_ {2} = \frac {1} {2} b * h + \frac {1} {2} b * h\\A_ {2} = b * h\\A _{2} = 15 * 8\\A_{2} = 120 \ units ^ 2$

We look for the area of the base of the prism:

$A_ {3} = 10 * 15\\A_ {3} = 150 \ units ^ 2$

We look for the area of the posterior rectangle:

$A_ {4} = 8 * 10\\\A_ {4} = 80 \ units ^ 2$

Adding we have:

$A_ {t} = (170 + 120 + 150 + 80) \ units ^ 2\\A_ {t} = 520 \ units ^ 2$

Answer:

$520 \ units ^ 2$

Answer 2

Answer:

10*15= 150

150 *8= 1,200

1,200 ÷ 2 = 600.

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