a=8What do a and v represent?
a is the side of the square; V is the volume; B is the base area.You have told me what the values are. What do they represent? For example, is v volume?
Yes, I’ll be able to find h with that formula but I also found another one which is V=B.h[MATH]v = a^2h[/MATH], correct, where h is height?
So, given v and a, can you find h?
What is the formula for the surface area?
S is the surface area and P is the perimeter of the square.s and S are different variables, so please use just one of them if they are equal. Now please tell us what P and s represents!
This is a rectangular prism, not a square prism.How do I find the surface area of a square prism if I don’t know it’s height?
The only thing I know is a and v...
The perimeter of the base (it's not a square anyway, it's a rectangle).S is the surface area and P is the perimeter of the square.
The side of the base, you mean? This is becoming confusing for no reason. Please use the correct terms, and we'll all be much less bewildered.a is the side of the square; V is the volume; B is the base area.
What am I missing? The OP said it's a square prism!This is a rectangular prism, not a square prism.
The perimeter of the base (it's not a square anyway, it's a rectangle).
The side of the base, you mean? This is becoming confusing for no reason. Please use the correct terms, and we'll all be much less bewildered.
How do I find the surface area of a square prism if I don’t know it’s height?
The only thing I know is a and v...
V=Bh applies to any prism at all, including your square prism; B = a^2.Yes, I’ll be able to find h with that formula but I also found another one which is V=B.h
The formula I have for s is S=P.h
I’ll be able to find P then once I have the height I’ll just multiply them.
Thanks for the formula
What am I missing? The OP said it's a square prism!
V=Bh applies to any prism at all, including your square prism; B = a^2.
But S=Ph gives only the lateral surface area (for any prism). You need to add on the area of the bases. What is P for a square with side a?
Sorry for making it confusing...This is a rectangular prism, not a square prism.
The perimeter of the base (it's not a square anyway, it's a rectangle).
The side of the base, you mean? This is becoming confusing for no reason. Please use the correct terms, and we'll all be much less bewildered.
Since a is 8 then P is 32.What am I missing? The OP said it's a square prism!
V=Bh applies to any prism at all, including your square prism; B = a^2.
But S=Ph gives only the lateral surface area (for any prism). You need to add on the area of the bases. What is P for a square with side a?
No problem. I'm just nitpicking.... .
Sorry for making it confusing...
I said it was a square prism because all of the sides are equal.
Anyways, I figured it out and solved it.
Yes, if it's a square, it's also a rectangle, and formulas for rectangles apply. But you said it wasn't a square! And the OP (previously) gave the formula for volume of a square prism, which does apply (and which uses the variable a).If we call it a rectangular prism (squares are rectangles) we'll be able to assign our variables more clearly. L, W, etc.
Technically the height is (don't click on this, OP, until you've solved it) -> 7, so doesn't that make it a rectangular prism as well?