Don Honorio Ventura State University

Bacolor, Pampanga

College of Engineering and Architecture

A. Course Code / Title : SOLMEN 112 – SOLID MESURATION

B. Module Number : Module 7 – Prism

C. Time Frame : 2 hours

D. Description : This module will give ideas about prism, to understand things about
the theorems, properties and formulas to solve problems.

E. Objectives : At the end of these module, the learner should be able to:
1. Have a deeper understanding about theorems, properties,
formula relating to prism.
2. Solve problems relating to prism.

F. Contents :

Prism

A prism is a polyhedron of which two faces are equal polygons in parallel planes, and the
other are parallelograms.
Prisms are triangular, quadrangular, ets., according to whether their bases are triangles,
quadrilaterals, etc.

Properties:

1. The bases are the equal polygons; the lateral area is the sum of the areas of the remaining
faces.
2. The altitude of a prism is the perpendicular distance between the planes of its bases.
3. The lateral faces of a right prism are rectangles.
4. The intersections of the lateral faces are called the lateral edges.
5. The lateral edges of a prism are equal and parallel.
6. A right section of a prism is a section made by a plane perpendicular to the lateral edges.
7. The altitude of a right prism is equal to a lateral edge.
8. The sections of a prism made by parallel planes cutting all the lateral edges are equal
polygons.
9. The volume of a solid is the number of times it contains a given solid which is taken
arbitrarily as the unit of volume.

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Where :

B = Area of either base

E = lateral edge
h = altitude
K = area of right section
P = perimeter of right section
S = lateral area
T = total area
V = Volume

FORMULAS :

S = EP

T = 2B + S

V = Bh = EK

Problems:

Example 1:
Find the volume of the following right prism.

Solution:
Volume = Ah
= 25 cm2 × 9 cm
= 225 cm3

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Example 2:
Find the volume of the following right prism

Solution:
First, we need to calculate the area of the triangular base.

We would need to use Pythagorean theorem to calculate the height of the triangle.

h2 + 32 = 52

Area of triangle =

= ×6×4
= 12 cm2

Volume of prism = Ah
= 12 cm2× 8 cm
= 96 cm3

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