How Do We Find Surface Area and Lateral Area of Prisms?

A Prism is a 3-D shape that has two parallel faces, also known as bases, that are as well congruent polygons. Each of the faces of the prism is a rectangle (Right Prism) and in geometry they are known as Lateral Faces. The joining edges and faces are perpendicular to the base faces. 


Finding the Surface Area of a prism is very simple. All you do is add the area of the lateral faces with the areas of the bases. 


S.A.: 2LW+2LH+2HW
L.A.: ph


L: length
H: height
W: width
p: perimeter of the base
h: height