Find the surface are of the prism.

The surface area of the prism is 161 square feet.

Step-by-step explanation:

Step 1:

In order to calculate the surface area of the entire prism, we must calculate the individual areas of all the sides.

The triangular prism consists of 2 triangles and 3 rectangles.

Step 2:

The area of a triangle is half the product of the base length and its height.

The triangles have a base length of 5 feet and a height of 5 feet.

The area of 2 triangles =

Step 3:

The area of a rectangle is the product of its length and width.

There a 3 rectangles out of which 2 are similar.

The similar rectangles have lengths of 8 feet and widths of 5 feet.

The area of 2 similar rectangles

The third rectangle has a length of 8 feet and a width of 7 feet.

The area of the third rectangle

Step 4:

The surface area of the prism = The area of the 2 triangles + The area of the 3 rectangles.

The surface area of the prism

The surface area of the prism is 161 square feet.

a negative exponent is translated as follows:

so, we have

36/60

36/2=18

60/2=30

18/30

18/3=6

30/3=10

6/10

6/2=3

10/2=5

your final answer would be 3/5 of an

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