Surface Area and Volume Formulas

By Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D., About.com Guide

A prism can be described as a stack of shapes. The figure shows a prism of triangles stacked d thick, but any shape could be used.

Surface area = 2A + Pd

where
A = area of the base shape
P = perimeter of base shape
d = height of prism

Volume = Ad

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