Question

How do you find the lateral surface area of a hexagonal prism with height 10 m and base edge 4 m?

Answer 1

Lateral Surface Area of the prism `= 240` `m^2`

Explanation:

Hexagonal prism

From the figure above, one can note that a hexagonal prism as hexagon shaped top and bottom with 6 six rectangles as sides.

Hence lateral surface area can be calculated by finding the area of the six rectangles.

Given length of rectangle as the height of the prism = 10 m
Also breadth of the rectangle is the edge of the hexagonal base = 4 m.

`:.` Lateral Surface Area of the prism `= 6 * 10 * 4 = 240 m^2`