Question

The lateral area of a square prism is 24 cm² and its height is 5.5 cm. The length of a base side is _____cm.

Answer 1

I think @mathstudent55 wants to help you instead

Answer 2

The lateral area is the sum of the areas of all vertical sides.
Each side has length and width L and S. Each area is HS. The total lateral area is 4HS.

Answer 3

a. 1.1
b. 1.5
c. 2.1
d. 2.5

These are the answers to choose from by the way!

Answer 4

You have
4HS = 24 cm^2
You also know H = 5.5 cm, so you need to solve this equation for S:

4(5.5 cm)S = 24 cm^2
22S = 24

Answer 5

1.1?