SOLUTION: My teacher said that there is one shared surface area formula that you can use to find the surface area of all of the prisms; however, I cannot find that formula. I know the separ
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Question 777426: My teacher said that there is one shared surface area formula that you can use to find the surface area of all of the prisms; however, I cannot find that formula. I know the separate formulas for the triangular prism and the rectangular prism, but what is the shared formula for all of the prisms?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The formula is
SA = 2*A + p*h
where
SA = total surface area of the prism
A = area of the base of the prism
p = perimeter of the base
h = height of the prism
Note: this applies to any right prism
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