Find the surface area of the prism, The right side length is 5m the bottom side lenght is 6m and the actual bottom is 13m.
Answers are,
A 48 to the second power.
B 346 to the second power.
C 780 to the second power.
D 195 to the second power. **
Please explain how to do this and check my answer.
Thanks!
Assuming this is a rectangular prism, the area is
2(5*6 + 5*13 + 6*13) = 346 m^2
How did you arrive at your answer? Maybe I am confused about the difference between "bottom" and "actual bottom."
Thanks oobleck for the help.
I arrived at my answer by 2*(16*5^6 and the added 12) thats what my teacher told me to do.
To find the surface area of a prism, we need to calculate the sum of the areas of all its faces.
In this case, the prism has a rectangular front face and a rectangular bottom face. The dimensions of the front face are 5m by 6m, and the dimensions of the bottom face are 6m by 13m.
The area of the front face is calculated by multiplying the length and width together. Therefore, the area of the front face is 5m * 6m = 30 square meters.
The area of the bottom face is also calculated by multiplying the length and width together. Thus, the area of the bottom face is 6m * 13m = 78 square meters.
Assuming that there are no other faces given or mentioned, the surface area of the prism would be the sum of the areas of the front face and the bottom face. So, the total surface area would be 30 square meters + 78 square meters = 108 square meters.
Hence, none of the provided answer choices is correct. I recommend selecting "None of the above" or "Not Given" as the correct answer.