Question

I am so confused with this:
A prism has a right triangle as its base with a hypotenuse that measures 10 meters and legs that measure 6 meters and 8 meters. What is the surface area of this prism if the height of the prism is 8 meters?

240 m2

312 m2

216 m2

252 m2

Answer 1

you're basically adding the area of 5 polygons: 2 from the base triangle and 3 that make up the rectangular lateral faces.
all you need to do is find the area of each.

Answer 2

there's everything. remember you have triangles on both ends.