A pentagonal prism has a base area of 124 square inches. The lateral area (area of the sides) is made up of 5 equal-sized rectan
1 answer:
The surface area of the pentagonal prism is 648 square inches.
Step-by-step explanation:
Step 1:
The surface area of a shape is the sum of all the areas of all the external surfaces.
The pentagonal prism has a total of 7 sides i.e. 2 pentagonal sides and 5 rectangular sides.
The total surface area of the prism is the sum of the individual areas of the 7 sides.
Step 2:
The area of the 2 pentagonal sides square inches.
The area of each rectangular side is 80 square inches. So
The area of 5 rectangular sides square inches.
The total surface area of the prism square inches.
The surface area of the pentagonal prism is 648 square inches.
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We are given the opposite and is looking for the hypotenuse so we will use the sine ratio to find x.
sin = opp/hyp
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hyp = 17.32...
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We can also use the tangent ratio to find the adjecent and then use pythagorean to find x.
tan = opp/adj
adj = 15 / tan 60
adj = 8.660.....
8.660....² + 15² = 300²
since the square root of 300 is an irrational number, we have to turn it into a mixed radical.
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