Question

...help

Answer 1

okay im back!

Answer 2

:)

Answer 3

so... do you know the formula for finding the surface are of a triangular prism?

Answer 4

there is one measurement missing

Answer 5

so you have to figure out that measurement

Answer 6

Actually, there is not.
Find the area of the right triangle, divide by two, and multiply by two. then do the rectangles and add the amount of rectangles' areas up. add the total areas up and theres your surface area.

Answer 7

that is one way to figure it out

Answer 8

but why would we divide by two then multiply by two?

Answer 9

that would get you the same number you originally started with

Answer 10

because there's two right triangles on two sides. You divide by two to get the area.

Answer 11

(one on each side)

Answer 12

oh yes im sorry

Answer 13

i am blanking today

Answer 14

but you could always use the formula to figure it out

Answer 15

Yes, that's what I'm saying, just without any formulas. All you need to know is how to get the area of a triangle and then the area of a rectangle.

Answer 16

i'm out of mind today need more explanation
if you draw that would be awesome

Answer 17

if you were to use the formula, it would be SA= wh+lw+lh+ls

w=width h=height l=length s=side

Answer 18

the side is what we are missing

Answer 19

can we use a^2 + b^2 = c^2

Answer 20

yayyy!!! correct!

Answer 21

Well, if you wanted to find the hyponetuse, or the slant height, then you could use it.

Answer 22

This is what we would get

Answer 23

Oh, I'm sorry, you are correct.
You need that measurement to find the area of the slanted rectangle. Please accept my apologies.

Answer 24

yes i also get that

Answer 25

oh no need to apologize! i thought i was the one who made the mistake. your way would also work!

Answer 26

\[c^2 = 5^2 + 12^2\]

Answer 27

so @Nnesha, we now have