Question

Find the lateral area of the prism below. Round your answer to the nearest whole number

Answer 1

I can't decide whether it is 332 m^2 or 322 m^2

Answer 2

Help? @qweqwe123123123123111 @nathan917

Answer 3

Heheh...I got nailed with a similar problem last night and really screwed it up until I figured out every possible combination and realized that what "they" meant by lateral area wasn't what I instinctively figured they meant.

But I can figure this out. Just gimme a minute to stare it down... :-)

Answer 4

Id say 332 m^2. Not sure.

Answer 5

Okay. I'm going to take "lateral area" to mean the area of the 3 rectangular faces.

That means perimeter of a base times the height.

So the perimeter of each base is:
2+5+5.39, and the height (even if it's laying on its side) is 26


So I'm getting 322.14

Answer 6

Aww... Now I'm confused... :(

Answer 7

how did you get ur answer @nathan917

Answer 8

I think im wrong i going to go with qwe.

Answer 9

Here ya go, Claw!!

http://www.sophia.org/lateral-area-of-a-prism--2/lateral-area-of-a-prism--4-tutorial

The problem I had last night was with a rectangular prism, and what *I* figured were its "bases" wasn't what the teacher/professor/instructor was calling the bases.

But this one's easy. The triangles are considered the bases here. :-)

Answer 10

Thank you. So, i'm gonna go with 322 is that good?

Answer 11

That's what I would put!! :-)

Answer 12

Amazingness! :D

Answer 13

Blush!

And thank you!! :-)