Melody

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Melody  Feb 11, 2022
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May 4, 2014
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http://easycalculation.com/maths-dictionary/lateral_area.html

There were a couple of different definitions.  It was a bit confusing.

I think for prism you don't include the two ends and for pyramids you don't include the bottom.

I don't think i have heard the term lateral surface area before.

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Now I will look at the first one.

The top and bottom are right angled triangles.  They are the same.  The sides are 6,8 and 10km

so the area is 2 * (1/2 * 6 * 8) = 2*(24) = 48km2

The other 3 sides are rectangles the total area is (4*6)+(4*8)+(4*10) = 24+32+40=96km2

Total area = 48+96 = 144km2

Lateral area = 96km2

May 3, 2014