Answer:
324 square meters
Step-by-step explanation:
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The surface area of a shape is the area of all the surfaces added up
The side surface area is 48 since 16 x 3 is 48. Since there are two side areas, we need to multiply 48 x 2 is 96
Now we need to do this for the other sides
the bottom and top areas are 96 square meters each so we multiply 96 by 2 which is 192
The front and back faces have an area of 18 square meters so we multiply 18 by 2 since there are two faces which are 36
Now we add all the values: 96+192+36 which is 324
So the surface area of the prism is 324 square meters
Check the picture below. So the parabola looks more or less like so.
let's recall that the vertex is half-way between the focus point and the directrix, at "p" units away from both.
Let's notice that the focus point is below the directrix, that means the parabola is vertical, namely the squared variable is the "x", and it also means that it's opening downwards as you see in the picture, namely that "p" is negative, in this case "p" is 1 unit, and thus is -1.
![\bf \textit{parabola vertex form with focus point distance} \\\\ \begin{array}{llll} 4p(x- h)=(y- k)^2 \\\\ \stackrel{\textit{we'll use this one}}{4p(y- k)=(x- h)^2} \end{array} \qquad \begin{array}{llll} vertex\ ( h, k)\\\\ p=\textit{distance from vertex to }\\ \qquad \textit{ focus or directrix} \end{array} \\\\[-0.35em] \rule{34em}{0.25pt}\\\\ \begin{cases} h=-2\\ k=5\\ p=-1 \end{cases}\implies 4(-1)(y-5)=[x-(-2)]^2\implies -4(y-5)=(x+2)^2 \\\\\\ y-5=-\cfrac{1}{4}(x+2)^2\implies y=-\cfrac{1}{4}(x+2)^2+5](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5Cbf%20%5Ctextit%7Bparabola%20vertex%20form%20with%20focus%20point%20distance%7D%20%5C%5C%5C%5C%20%5Cbegin%7Barray%7D%7Bllll%7D%204p%28x-%20h%29%3D%28y-%20k%29%5E2%20%5C%5C%5C%5C%20%5Cstackrel%7B%5Ctextit%7Bwe%27ll%20use%20this%20one%7D%7D%7B4p%28y-%20k%29%3D%28x-%20h%29%5E2%7D%20%5Cend%7Barray%7D%20%5Cqquad%20%5Cbegin%7Barray%7D%7Bllll%7D%20vertex%5C%20%28%20h%2C%20k%29%5C%5C%5C%5C%20p%3D%5Ctextit%7Bdistance%20from%20vertex%20to%20%7D%5C%5C%20%5Cqquad%20%5Ctextit%7B%20focus%20or%20directrix%7D%20%5Cend%7Barray%7D%20%5C%5C%5C%5C%5B-0.35em%5D%20%5Crule%7B34em%7D%7B0.25pt%7D%5C%5C%5C%5C%20%5Cbegin%7Bcases%7D%20h%3D-2%5C%5C%20k%3D5%5C%5C%20p%3D-1%20%5Cend%7Bcases%7D%5Cimplies%204%28-1%29%28y-5%29%3D%5Bx-%28-2%29%5D%5E2%5Cimplies%20-4%28y-5%29%3D%28x%2B2%29%5E2%20%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%5C%20y-5%3D-%5Ccfrac%7B1%7D%7B4%7D%28x%2B2%29%5E2%5Cimplies%20y%3D-%5Ccfrac%7B1%7D%7B4%7D%28x%2B2%29%5E2%2B5)
Bring them to the same denominator and solve for x