Properties

Right Rectangular Prism

Right prisme with rectangular bases.
  • A right rectangular prism is also called a right parallelepiped.
  • A right rectangular prism has three pairs of bases, any of which can be used to calculate the volume.

Formulas

The following formulas can be used to calculate the volume V and the area A of a right rectangular prism:
  • [latex]V=A_{b}\times h[/latex]
  • [latex]A=2A_{b}+P_{b}\times h[/latex] , where Ab represents the area of the base and Pb represents the perimeter of the base.

Example

This is a right rectangular prism:

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