Answer: Choice C) 10.5
The distance from A to C is 7 units (count out the spaces between the two points, or subtract y coordinates 4-(-3) = 4+3 = 7)
Let AC = 7 be the base of the triangle. You might want to rotate the image so that AC is laying horizontally rather than being vertical.
Now move to point P. Walk 3 spaces to the right until you land on segment AC. This shows that the height of the triangle is 3 when the base is AC = 7.
base = 7, height = 3
area of triangle = (1/2)*base*height
area of triangle = 0.5*7*3
area of triangle = 10.5 square units
Answer:
The surface area of the triangular prism is 84 square centimeters.
Step-by-step explanation:
The surface area of a figure is exactly what it means, the area of its outer surface or the added areas of each face that makes the figure.
Nets are a way to find surface area easier because it is an outline of the faces of the 3d figure.
But since we don’t have a net, we will just find the area of each face that forms this right triangular prism:
The two congruent triangular bases:
1/2 x 4 x 3 = 6 cm^2
6 x 2 = 12 cm^2
Lateral bottom rectangular face:
6 x 3 = 18 cm^2
Lateral to the right rectangular face:
5 x 6 = 30 cm^2
Lateral to the left rectangular face:
4 x 6 = 24 cm^2
Add up all the values:
12 + 18 + 30 + 24 = 84
The SA is 84 square centimeters
