Thread: Right Prism

A right prism has bases that are regular hexagons. The measures of each of the six sides of the hexagon is represented by a and the height of the solid by 2a.
Express the dimensions and the surface area of each face in terms of a.

Originally Posted by magentarita

A right prism has bases that are regular hexagons. The measures of each of the six sides of the hexagon is represented by a and the height of the solid by 2a.
Express the dimensions and the surface area of each face in terms of a.

The sides of the prism will be 6 rectangles of dimension a by 2a. So the area of each lateral face would be , and the total lateral area would be

Do we care about the two bases?

Originally Posted by masters

The sides of the prism will be 6 rectangles of dimension a by 2a. So the area of each lateral face would be , and the total lateral area would be

Do we care about the two bases?

I think that's the answer.