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Thursday, August 7, 2014

Square Prism Problems

Category: Solid Geometry

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Write a formula for (a) the volume, (b) the total area of a right prism whose altitude is h and whose base is a square of edge a.

Solution:

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

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(a) The volume of a square prism is


 

 The area of the base of a square prism is



The lateral area of a square prism is
 
 


(b) The total area of a square prism is