SOLUTION: What is the lateral area, in square inches, of the regular triangular prism shown in the picture? Here is a link to the picture: https://imgur.com/a/aHF08GV

Question 1180284: What is the lateral area, in square inches, of the regular triangular prism shown in the picture? Here is a link to the picture: https://imgur.com/a/aHF08GV
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, greenestamps:
Answer by ikleyn(52798) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The lateral area is three times area of each rectangular face.

Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The lateral surface area of a regular triangular prism is the area of the three rectangular faces.

In this prism each rectangular face is 16 inches by 6 inches.

Do the simple calculations.

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