The tent below is shaped like a triangular prism. EXPLAIN how you would determine the surface area of the tent to find the amount of fabric needed to make a tent. Remember to describe each face of the triangular prism. (2 points)
To determine the surface area of the tent, we would first need to identify and calculate the surface area of each face of the triangular prism.
1. The base of the tent is a triangle, so we would calculate the area of this triangle using the formula: Area = 0.5 * base * height. In this case, the base of the triangle would be the length of the tent's bottom edge, and the height would be the distance from the base to the peak of the tent.
2. The other two faces of the triangular prism would be rectangles. To calculate the area of each rectangle, we would use the formula: Area = length * width. The length of each rectangle would be the length of the tent's bottom edge, and the width would be the height of the tent.
After determining the area of each face, we would add them all together to find the total surface area of the tent. This total surface area would represent the amount of fabric needed to make the tent.