Thursday, January 7, 2010

Questions About Prism Tv How Do I Solve These Questions For This Right Triangular Prism?

How do I solve these questions for this right triangular prism? - questions about prism tv

This is the table with our class is
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his answer to a) 15 567 square inches
b) V = 10 800 cu. in
c) 212.6 L

How have these answers?

1 comment:

sahsjing said...

a) the metal surface = [5 + sqrt (3 ^ 2 +5 ^ 2)] (120 * 12) = 15,597 in ^ 2
b) V = (1 / 2) (3) (5) (120 * 12) = 10800 in ^ 3
c) 10800 in ^ 3 (0.00433 gallon / a ^ 3) (4.546 L / gal) = 212.6 L
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For your other question: the square root is not a unit. I used to calculate the third side.

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