The answer depends on the shape and dimensions of the prism. If the cross section is an equilateral triangle with sides of rational length then you will require a square root to find its area. You could, of course, have a 3-4-5 triangle, in which case no square root is required if the length is rational.
You add up the surface area of each of the sides. Whether you need square roots or not depends on what data is provided.
A Square prism has a square base a triangular has a trianguler base
square pyramid
A triangular prism can have a square or triangular base.
The base of a triangular prism is a triangle and the base of a square pyramid is a square.
the defnition of find the surface area of triangular prism and cylinder
Assume that a = apothem length of the triangular prism, b = base length of the triangular prism, and h = height of the triangular prism. The formulas to find the surface area is SA = ab + 3bh.
A square pyramid triangular prism is not a 3-D shape.
A triangular prism can have a square or triangular base, but faces are normally triangles. (I think)
a triangular prism, square based pyramid, rectangular prism and much more
A triangular prism has a triangular base. A square-based prism has a square base. A prism with an n-sided base will have 2n vertices, n + 2 faces, and 3n edges.
the difference is a triangular pyramid has a point at the top and a triangular prism doesn't and a triangular pyramid has a square at the bottom and tringular prism doesn't
A triangular prism has 6 vertices and a square pyramid has 5 vertices.So, a triangular prism has 1 one vertex than a square pyramid.