document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=190196>Question 190196</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> ok i have a square prism with one side of the base 9cm and another 8cm. the question tells me to find the missing value of X which is the height of the prism if the surface area is 264cm squared. what is x and how do i find it? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "I don't think you meant \"square prism\" because a square prism is a right regular prism having squares for bases. Since the length and width of your bases are different, the bases are not squares and you do not have a square prism.  What you have is variously called a rectangular prism, a right rectangular prism, or a rectangular parallelepiped, i.e. a polyhedron for which all faces are rectangles.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since you did not specify <i><b>lateral</b></i> surface area which is the surface area of the entire solid figure excluding the bases, I assume you mean the Total Surface Area is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE 264\text{ cm^2}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The total surface area of a right regular prism is given by:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ hP + 2B\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Where <i>h</i> is the height, <i>P</i> is the perimeter of the base, and <i>B</i> is the area of the base.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Substituting:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ X(2(9)+2(8)) + 2(9\,\cdot\,8) = 264\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can do your own arithmetic.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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