check the picture below, that's pretty much the same block, or "rectangular prism", with a width of 10, length of 5 and height of 1.
so anyhow, is really 6 rectangles stacked up to each other at the edges, so, we can simply get the area of each of those rectangles, add them up and that's the surface area.
front and back, two rectangles of 5x1
left and right, two rectangles of 1x10
top and bottom, two rectangles of 10x5
Given:
M=(x1, y1)=(-2,-1),
N=(x2, y2)=(3,1),
M'=(x3, y3)= (0,2),
N'=(x4, y4)=(5, 4).
We can prove MN and M'N' have the same length by proving that the points form the vertices of a parallelogram.
For a parallelogram, opposite sides are equal
If we prove that the quadrilateral MNN'M' forms a parallellogram, then MN and M'N' will be the oppposite sides. So, we can prove that MN=M'N'.
To prove MNN'M' is a parallelogram, we have to first prove that two pairs of opposite sides are parallel,
Slope of MN= Slope of M'N'.
Slope of MM'=NN'.
Hence, slope of MN=Slope of M'N' and therefore, MN parallel to M'N'
Hence, slope of MM'=Slope of NN' nd therefore, MM' parallel to NN'.
Since both pairs of opposite sides of MNN'M' are parallel, MM'N'N is a parallelogram.
Since the opposite sides are of equal length in a parallelogram, it is proved that segments MN and M'N' have the same length.