Base Area [beys air-ee-uh]
Noun
Base area is the area of a 3D figure's base. As you will see in the table below, base area is very important to find both surface area and volume in an array of different solid figures.
Noun
Base area is the area of a 3D figure's base. As you will see in the table below, base area is very important to find both surface area and volume in an array of different solid figures.
| Figure | Volume | Lateral Surface Area | Area of theBase(s) | Total Surface Area |
| Box (also called rectangular parallelepiped, right rectangular prism) | lwh | 2lw | ||
| Prism | Bh | Ph | 2B | |
| Pyramid |  | - | B | - |
| Right Pyramid | |  | B |  |
| Cylinder | Bh | - | 2B | - |
| Right Cylinder | Bh | Ph | 2B | |
| Right Circular Cylinder | πR2h | 2πRh | 2πR2 | |
| Cone | | - | B | - |
| Right Circular Cone |  | πRs or | πR2 |  |
*Base area is 'B' in the above equations.
No comments:
Post a Comment