The area of the base of a prism is 24 mm2. The perimeter of the base is 22 mm. The height of the prism is 5 mm.

What is the surface area of the prism?

mm2

Question

The area of the base of a prism is 24 mm2. The perimeter of the base is 22 mm. The height of the prism is 5 mm.
 
What is the surface area of the prism?
 
  mm2

anonymous · Answer

by be back n ten

triciaal · Answer

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triciaal · Answer

surface area is the sum of the area of all the faces

triciaal · Answer

2 * base area + Perimeter of base * height

anonymous · Answer

i'm going to guess that this is a rectangular prism because if it was a cube, it would state cube. the formula for finding surface area of a rectangular prism is 2(w*l + h*l + h*w).
we know height (h) is 5 mm. two ends of the prism are usually squares. if we take the perimeter and subtract 10mm (pair of 5 mm sides), you are left with 12 mm.then u divide 12 by 2 which gives u 6

triciaal · Answer

@israa88 I did this problem recently and found that it didn't matter what the base was (rectangular or trianglular)  the important thing was to find the correct base area and perimeter.

triciaal · Answer

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