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lisabon 2012 [21]
3 years ago
7

Paul cut a wedge of cheese in the shape of a triangular prism. The diagram shows the dimensions of the cheese section. Paul wrap

s the cheese in plastic wrap to store it in the refrigerator in his deli. What is the total surface area of the cheese surface to be wrapped, assuming no overlap? 32.65625 in.2 64.625 in.2 76.5 in.2 88.375 in.2

Mathematics
1 answer:
qaws [65]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

76.5\;\rm in^2.

Step-by-step explanation:

The triangular prism shown in the diagram has five faces:

  • Two (identical) triangular faces at the top and bottom of this prism, and
  • Three rectangles for the faces on the side.

<h3>Triangular faces</h3>

Note that the two triangular faces at the top and bottom are identical. (In other words, these two triangles are congruent, with the same shape and area.)

From the numbers near the triangle at the top of this prism, each of the two triangles has a height of 2.5\; \rm in on a base of length 4.75\; \rm in. The area of each of these triangles would be:

\begin{aligned}&\text{Area}(\text{one triangle})\\ &= \frac{1}{2} \, (\text{Base} \times \text{Height})\\ &= \frac{1}{2} \times 4.75 \; \rm in\times 2.5\; \rm in = 5.9375\; \rm in^2\end{aligned}.

There are two such triangular faces in this prism. When combined, these two faces will contribute an area of 2 \times 5.9375\; \rm in^2 = 11.875\; \rm in^2 to the surface area of this prism.

<h3>Rectangular faces</h3>

There are three rectangular faces on the sides of this triangular prism. They have different lengths but share the same width:

  • The lengths of the three rectangular faces are 3\; \rm in, \rm 4\; \rm in, and 4.75\; \rm in. (Note that the
  • The heights of these three rectangular faces are all equal to 5.5\; \rm in.

The area of these three rectangles, combined. will be:

\begin{aligned}& \text{Area}_1 + \text{Area}_2 + \text{Area}_3 \\&= \text{Length}_1 \times \text{Width} + \text{Length}_2 \times \text{Width} + \text{Length}_3 \times \text{Width}\\ &= \left( \text{Length}_1 + \text{Length}_2 + \text{Length}_3\right)\times \text{Width} \\ &= (3 \; \rm in + 4\; \rm in + 4.75\; \rm in) \times 5.5\; \rm in \\ &= 64.625\; \rm in^2 \end{aligned}.

<h3>Total surface area of the prism</h3>

Combine the surface area of the five faces to obtain the surface area of this triangular prism:

\begin{aligned}&\text{Surface Area} \\ &= \text{Area}(\text{Triangular faces}) + \text{Area}(\text{Rectangular faces}) \\ &= 11.875\; \rm in^2 + 64.625\; \rm in^2 = 76.5\; \rm in^2\end{aligned}.

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