Surface Area of Triangular Prisms Greg Morrison
Definition: The sum of the areas of all of the faces of a three-dimensional figure. Ex. How much construction paper will I need to fit on the outside of the shape?
A triangular prism has 5 faces. FRONT BACK RIGHT LEFT BOTTOM 2 Triangular bases 3 rectangular sides
Surface Area of a Triangular Prism If we break down our triangular prism into a net, it looks like this: In a triangular prism there are five sides, two triangles and three rectangles.
A triangular prism has 5 faces. FRONT BACK RIGHT LEFT BOTTOM
In order to find the surface area, find the area of each face. Then sum all of the areas. FRONT BACK RIGHT LEFT BOTTOM
Side 1½(9 × 4)18 cm 2 Side 2½(9 × 4)18 cm 2 Side 34.5 x cm 2 Side 49 x cm 2 Side 57.2 x cm 2 TOTAL cm 2
Practice Time!
Find the Surface Area
8.5 cm 2.2 cm 2 cm
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