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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Need help with finding the lateral and Surface area of a triangular prism!!! GIVING MEDALS AND FANNING!!!

Mehek (mehek14):

do you have an attachment?

TheSmartOne (thesmartone):

Do you know what the lateral and surface area of a triangular prism is?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

@TheSmartOne

OpenStudy (happy_to_help):

SA = wh + lw + lh + ls SA=SURFACE AREA W=WIDTH H=HEIGHT L=LENGTH S=SIDE

OpenStudy (happy_to_help):

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

notice the picture above the triangular prism, is just 2 triangles and 3 rectangles stacked up to each other at the corners thus, find the area of each of them, and SUM them up, and that'd be the area of the prism

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ok

OpenStudy (anonymous):

So i did A=(a+b+c)h

OpenStudy (jdoe0001):

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Okay so then is my answer right?

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