Suppose you've got a triangle. Now, stretch it up so as to make a stack of triangles up above another. This new 3d object is called a triangular prism.

Usually, when we talk about a triangular prism, we talk about the triangular prism, whose stack goes straight up, thus, we talk about a right triangular prism.

For a prism, the lateral sides of a prism are made up of rectangles which consist of the height and the length of the base. Therefore, a triangular prism has an equilateral base with a side length x inches. The height of the prism is four times as long as the side length. The lateral area will be,

Lateral Area = 3(x×4x) = 12x² inches²

Hence, the area of the prism is 12x² inches². Thus, the correct option is B.

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