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Right Pentagonal Prism

  • right pentagonal prism 1Right pentagonal prism (a three-dimensional figure) has pentagonal bases and each face is a regular polygon with equal sides and equal angles.
  • 20 base diagonals
  • 10 face diagonals
  • 20 space diagonals
  • 2 bases
  • 15 edges
  • 5 side faces
  • 10 vertexs

 

Base Area of a Right Pentagonal Prism formula

\( A_b \;=\;   \dfrac {1}{4} \cdot  \sqrt{ 5  \cdot \left( 5 + 2 \cdot \sqrt{5} \right) \cdot a^2 } \) 
Symbol English Metric
\( A_b \) = base area \( in^2 \) \( mm^2 \)
\( a \) = edge \( in \) \( mm \)

    

Edge of a Right Pentagonal Prism formulas

\( a \;=\;    25^{3/4}  \cdot {\dfrac{\sqrt {A_b}   }{   5 \cdot \left( \sqrt{20}  + 5 \right)^{1/4} }   }  \) 

\( a \;=\;    \dfrac   { - \;\left( 5 \cdot \sqrt{5} \cdot h  - \sqrt{ 125 \cdot h^2 + 10 \cdot A_s \cdot \sqrt { \sqrt{500} + 25 }  }  \;\right)  }{  5\cdot \sqrt{ \sqrt{ 20 } + 5 }  }  \) 

\( a \;=\;    \dfrac{ A_l  }{  5 \cdot  h } \)

Symbol English Metric
\( a \) = edge \( in \) \( mm \)
\( A_b \) = base area \( in^2 \) \( mm^2 \)
\( h \) = height \( in \) \( mm \)
\( A_l  \) = lateral surface area \( in^2 \) \( mm^2 \)
\( A_s \) = surface area \( in^2 \) \( mm^2 \)

   

Height of a Right Pentagonal Prism formula

\( h \;=\;  \dfrac{A_s }{ 5 \cdot a }  -   \dfrac{1}{10} \cdot a \cdot  \sqrt{ \sqrt{500} + 25 } \) 
Symbol English Metric
\( h \) = height \( in \) \( mm \)
\( a \) = edge \( in \) \( mm \)
\( A_s \) = surface area \( in^2 \) \( mm^2 \)

 

Lateral Surface Area of a Right Pentagonal Prism formula

\( A_l \;=\;  5 \cdot a \cdot h \) 
Symbol English Metric
\( A_l \) = lateral surface area \( in^2 \) \( mm^2 \)
\( a \) = edge \( in \) \( mm \)
\( h \) = height \( in \) \( mm \)

 

Surface Area of a Right Pentagonal Prism formula

\( A_s \;=\;  5 \cdot a \cdot h + \dfrac{1}{2} \cdot  \sqrt{ 5\cdot \left( 5+2 \cdot \sqrt{5} \right) } \cdot a^2   \) 
Symbol English Metric
\( A_b \) = base area \( in^2 \) \( mm^2 \)
\( a \) = edge \( in \) \( mm \)
\( h \) = height \( in \) \( mm \)

 

Volume of a Right Pentagonal Prism formula

\( V \;=\;   \dfrac{1}{4} \cdot  \sqrt{ 5 \cdot \left ( 5+2 \cdot \sqrt{5} \right) }  \cdot a^2 \cdot h \) 
Symbol English Metric
\( V \) = volume \( in^2 \) \( mm^2 \)
\( a \) = edge \( in \) \( mm \)
\( h \) = height \( in \) \( mm \)

 

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