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Saturday, August 9, 2014

Polygon Prism Problems, 2

Category: Solid Geometry

"Published in Vacaville, California, USA"

The lateral surface of a concrete octagonal pier of height 10 ft. is to be resurfaced. If each of the base edges is 1 ft., how many square feet of surfacing will be required?

Solution:

To illustrate the problem, it is better to draw the figure as follows

Photo by Math Principles in Everyday life

The lateral surface area of a concrete octagonal pier required to be resurfaced is