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Calculate the surface area of a triangular prism with a right-angled triangle base (base=5cm, height=10cm) and prism length=25cm.

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704.5 cm2\text{704.5 cm}^2

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  1. Identify the dimensions of the triangular prism.

    The prism has a right-angled triangular base.
    The base of the triangle is b=5 cmb = 5 \text{ cm}.
    The height of the triangle is h=10 cmh = 10 \text{ cm}.
    The length of the prism (depth) is L=25 cmL = 25 \text{ cm}.

  2. Calculate the area of the two triangular bases.

    The area of one triangular base is Atriangle=12×base×heightA_{\text{triangle}} = \frac{1}{2} \times \text{base} \times \text{height}.

    Atriangle=12×5 cm×10 cm=25 cm2A_{\text{triangle}} = \frac{1}{2} \times 5 \text{ cm} \times 10 \text{ cm} = 25 \text{ cm}^2

    Since there are two triangular bases (front and back), their combined area is:

    Atwo triangles=2×25 cm2=50 cm2A_{\text{two triangles}} = 2 \times 25 \text{ cm}^2 = 50 \text{ cm}^2
  3. Calculate the length of the hypotenuse of the triangular base.

    Let the hypotenuse be cc. Using the Pythagorean theorem:

    c2=b2+h2c^2 = b^2 + h^2 c2=(5 cm)2+(10 cm)2c^2 = (5 \text{ cm})^2 + (10 \text{ cm})^2 c2=25 cm2+100 cm2c^2 = 25 \text{ cm}^2 + 100 \text{ cm}^2 c2=125 cm2c^2 = 125 \text{ cm}^2 c=125 cm=25×5 cm=55 cmc = \sqrt{125} \text{ cm} = \sqrt{25 \times 5} \text{ cm} = 5\sqrt{5} \text{ cm}
  4. Calculate the area of the three rectangular faces.

    • The bottom rectangular face has dimensions 5 cm×25 cm5 \text{ cm} \times 25 \text{ cm}.
    Abottom=5 cm×25 cm=125 cm2A_{\text{bottom}} = 5 \text{ cm} \times 25 \text{ cm} = 125 \text{ cm}^2
    • The vertical side rectangular face has dimensions 10 cm×25 cm10 \text{ cm} \times 25 \text{ cm}.
    Avertical side=10 cm×25 cm=250 cm2A_{\text{vertical side}} = 10 \text{ cm} \times 25 \text{ cm} = 250 \text{ cm}^2
    • The slanted top rectangular face has dimensions 55 cm×25 cm5\sqrt{5} \text{ cm} \times 25 \text{ cm}.
    Aslanted top=55 cm×25 cm=1255 cm2A_{\text{slanted top}} = 5\sqrt{5} \text{ cm} \times 25 \text{ cm} = 125\sqrt{5} \text{ cm}^2
  5. Calculate the total surface area.

    The total surface area (TSATSA) is the sum of the areas of the two triangles and the three rectangular faces.

    TSA=Atwo triangles+Abottom+Avertical side+Aslanted topTSA = A_{\text{two triangles}} + A_{\text{bottom}} + A_{\text{vertical side}} + A_{\text{slanted top}} TSA=50 cm2+125 cm2+250 cm2+1255 cm2TSA = 50 \text{ cm}^2 + 125 \text{ cm}^2 + 250 \text{ cm}^2 + 125\sqrt{5} \text{ cm}^2 TSA=(50+125+250+1255) cm2TSA = (50 + 125 + 250 + 125\sqrt{5}) \text{ cm}^2 TSA=(425+1255) cm2TSA = (425 + 125\sqrt{5}) \text{ cm}^2

    To get a numerical value, we approximate 5≈2.236\sqrt{5} \approx 2.236:

    TSA≈(425+125×2.236) cm2TSA \approx (425 + 125 \times 2.236) \text{ cm}^2 TSA≈(425+279.5) cm2TSA \approx (425 + 279.5) \text{ cm}^2 TSA≈704.5 cm2TSA \approx 704.5 \text{ cm}^2

    The total surface area is 704.5 cm2\text{704.5 cm}^2.

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