Question

The sides of the base of this square right prism are 16 centimeters each and the height of the prism is 10 centimeters. What is the surface area of the prism? A.964 B.1000 C.1152 D.1232

Answer 1

The width (W) of the prism is 16 cm.

The length (L) of the prism is 16 cm.

The height (H) of the prism is 10 cm.

The formula for the surface area of any right prism with width W, length L, and height H is the following:

A = 2 (WL + LH + WH)

Substituting using our given values changes the equation to:

A = 2 (16*16 + 16*10 + 16*10)

= 2 (256 + 160 + 160) = 2 (576)

= 1152

Thus, the surface area is 1152 cm².

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