how do you find the surface area of
a prism?
and the volume of a rectangular prism?
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To find the surface area of a prism, you need to calculate the sum of the areas of all its faces. The formula for the surface area of a prism depends on the shape of its base.
If the base of the prism is triangular, the surface area can be found using the following formula:
Surface Area = Base Area + Lateral Area
Base Area = 0.5 * base length * height of triangle
Lateral Area = perimeter of triangle * height of prism
For a rectangular prism, the surface area formula is:
Surface Area = 2 * (length * width + length * height + width * height)
Now, let's move on to finding the volume of a rectangular prism. The volume of any prism can be calculated by multiplying the area of its base by its height.
The formula for the volume of a rectangular prism is:
Volume = length * width * height
So, you can find the surface area of a prism by adding up the areas of all its faces, and for a rectangular prism, you can find the volume by multiplying the base area with the height.