Question

Help! what is the surface area of the prism? 128in^2, 768in^2, 384in^2, or 480in^2

Answer 1

Option C: $384 \ in^2$ is the surface area of the prism

Explanation:

Given figure is a triangular prism.

We need to determine the surface area of the triangular prism.

The formula to find the surface area of the triangular prism is given by

$S A=b h+(s 1+s 2+s 3) H$

where b is the base of the triangle,

h is the height of the triangle,

$s1,s2,s3$ are the three sides of the triangle and

H is the height of the prism.

Let us substitute the values $b=16$ , $h=6$ , $s1=16$ , $s2=10$ , $s3=10$ and $H=8$ in the formula, we get,

$SA=16(6)+(16+10+10)(8)$

Simplifying, we get,

$SA=96+(36)(8)$

Multiplying the term, we get,

$SA=96+288$

Adding the terms, we have,

$SA=384 \ in^2$

Thus, the surface area of the prism is $384 \ in^2$

Hence, Option C is the correct answer.