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Triangular Prism Surface Area

Triangular Prism Surface Area
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2018-04-09 04:32
PolygonSolid GeometryGeometric Construction
This example demonstrates how to construct a triangular prism and calculate its surface area using GeoGebra. Key math concepts include polygons, solid geometry, and surface area calculation. Construction highlights involve commands like Point, Prism, Net, and objects such as points A, B, C, F, and edges edgeAB, edgeBC, edgeAC. Suitable for high school students learning solid geometry to understand the composition and calculation of prism surface areas.

GeoGebra Commands & Parameters

  1. Point(xAxis) → C
  2. Point(zAxis) → F
  3. Prism(A, B, C, F) → a, D, edgeAC, edgeAF, edgeBD, edgeCE, edgeDF, edgeDE, edgeEF, E, faceABC, faceABDF, faceBCED, faceACEF, faceDEF, edgeAB, edgeBC
  4. Net(a, b) → c, G, P, faceGHI, faceGHKJ, faceHIML, faceGINO, faceJKP, edgeGH, edgeHI, edgeGI, edgeGJ, H, edgeJK, edgeHK, edgeHL, edgeLM, edgeIM, edgeIN, edgeNO, edgeGO, edgeKP, edgeJP, I, J, K, L, M, N, O