Section 7.2 – Surface Area and Volume of Prisms

altitude – a segment that has endpoints in the planes containing the bases and is perpendicular to both planes

height – the length of the altitude

Surface Area of a Prism may be broken down into 2 parts: Base Area and Lateral Area

Surface Area and Volume Formulas

Right Prism:

where B is the Base Area, P is the Perimeter of the base and h is the height