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🔑 Key Concepts
- A triangular prism has 2 congruent triangular bases and 3 rectangular lateral faces.
- The total surface area is the sum of the areas of all 5 faces.
- The formula \(SA=ab+Ph\) combines the two triangular bases and the three rectangular faces.
- In \(SA=ab+Ph\), \(a\) is the altitude of the triangular base, \(b\) is the base of the triangle, \(P\) is the perimeter of the triangular base, and \(h\) is the height or length of the prism.
✏️ Worked Example
🧠 Math Vocabulary
- Triangular Prism: a three-dimensional figure with 2 congruent triangular bases and 3 rectangular lateral faces.
- Prism: a three-dimensional figure with two congruent, parallel bases connected by lateral faces.
- Surface Area: the total area of all outside faces of a three-dimensional figure.
- Congruent Faces: faces that have the same size and shape.
- Altitude: the perpendicular height of the triangular base.
- Perimeter: the distance around the triangular base.
- Lateral Faces: the rectangular faces connecting the triangular bases.
- Square Units: units used to measure area, such as \(\text{m}^2\).
💡 Main Idea
To find the surface area of a triangular prism, add the areas of the two congruent triangular bases and the three rectangular lateral faces. The shortcut formula \(SA=ab+Ph\) organizes those same parts.
📚 What You Should Already Know
Students should know how to find the area of triangles and rectangles, calculate perimeter, identify congruent faces, and understand that surface area measures the outside covering of a three-dimensional figure.
🚀 What Comes Next
Students can extend this strategy to nets, other prisms, cylinders, pyramids, cones, and composite three-dimensional figures.
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