What is the lateral area of the rectangular prism round the answer to the nearest whole number. assume the 5 m x 7 m rectangles on the left and right are the bases. Length = 16.

230 m^2
294 m^2
384 m^2
454 m^2

Please help!? I am so lost...

3 answers

The Lateral area is the area of the 4 vertical sides:

A = 2(5*7) + 2(16*5) = 230 m^2.
its 230 m^2
Its 16x5x2 + 16x7x2 = 384m^2