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#1 2013-10-02 02:07:56

brittany1595
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Geometry Help Please :D

length= 7
width= 4

This rectangle just became the base of a regular prism, with a height of 6:

What is the lateral area?


What is the total surface area?



What is the volume?


What is the area of the largest rectangular side?

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#2 2013-10-02 02:13:14

Bob
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Re: Geometry Help Please :D

hi brittany1595

Stay on line for a moment and I'll have a look at these.

Bob


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#3 2013-10-02 02:23:01

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Re: Geometry Help Please :D

Arrh.  I see you have changed the numbers.  That's better.  smile

The lateral rectangles will be 7 by 6, 4 by 6, 7 by 6 and 4 by 6 .

So work these out and add them up.

What do you get?

Bob


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#4 2013-10-02 02:28:24

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Re: Geometry Help Please :D

I just dont understand how to set up the problems... Math is my weakest subject

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#5 2013-10-02 02:30:42

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Re: Geometry Help Please :D

Would you like a diagram?

Bob


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#6 2013-10-02 02:31:11

brittany1595
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Re: Geometry Help Please :D

please!

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#7 2013-10-02 02:39:39

Bob
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Re: Geometry Help Please :D

OK, here it is.  (click on it to see it larger)  The front is 7 by 4 and so is the back.

When you join the front to the back, that's what makes the prism.

The lateral area is the four rectangles that join the front to the back.  I've shaded them red.

Can you work out the area now?

Bob


Children are not defined by school ...........The Fonz
You cannot teach a man anything;  you can only help him find it within himself..........Galileo Galilei
Sometimes I deliberately make mistakes, just to test you!  …………….Bob smile

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#8 2013-10-02 02:40:54

brittany1595
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Re: Geometry Help Please :D

Thank you! I figured them out (:

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#9 2013-10-02 02:42:04

Bob
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Re: Geometry Help Please :D

Excellent!  smile  What answer?

Bob

By the way.  It's easier for me to turn the prism so the base becomes the front.


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You cannot teach a man anything;  you can only help him find it within himself..........Galileo Galilei
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