the base of the tent is a triangle. To find the area of this face, we can use the formula for the area of a triangle: 1/2 * base * height. Since the base is a triangle, the height of the triangle will be the slant height of the prism.
2. The other two faces of the triangular prism are rectangles. To find the area of a rectangle, we use the formula: length * width. For the rectangular faces of the prism, the length will be the base of the triangle face (since it's a triangular prism) and the width will be the height of the prism (the same as the height of the triangle face).
Once we calculate the surface areas of each face, we can add them all together to find the total surface area of the tent. This total surface area will tell us how much fabric is needed to make the tent.
simpify this and dumb down a little.