Question

Mr. Garner purchased a party hall and wants to repaint it as part of the renovations. He needs to calculate the lateral surface area of the party hall so that he will know how much paint to buy. The party hall is in the shape of a rectangular prism with the dimensions shown below. Including the doors, what is the lateral surface area of the party hall in square feet?

Answer 1

The lateral surface area of the rectangular prism is 204 square feet

Explanation:

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Solution

Lateral surface area of a rectangular prism is

Height of the prism * perimeter of the base of the prism.

Substituting the given values, we get-

Lateral surface area of a rectangular prism =

`0.5 *12 * 2(12+5)\\0.5*12*2*17\\0.5*408 \\204`

The lateral surface area of the rectangular prism is 204 square feet