Assuming you mean a rectangular prism, you get the smallest surface area if the prism is a cube. You can calculate the required length of side to get that volume; then, based on that, the corresponding surface area.
The smallest surface area is approx 189.32 square cm.
Yes. A cube that is 2x2x2 has the same volume as a rectangular prism that is 1x2x4, which is 8. The surface area of the cube is 24 while the surface area of the rectangular prism is 28.
You can't derive the volume from the surface area.
The volume is cubed and the surface area is squared.
Surface area is squared; volume is cubed.
A surface area would be vital for determining volume
Yes. A cube that is 2x2x2 has the same volume as a rectangular prism that is 1x2x4, which is 8. The surface area of the cube is 24 while the surface area of the rectangular prism is 28.
You can't derive the volume from the surface area.
The surface are of a right prism is equal to twice the area of its base plus the perimeter of the base multiplied with the height of the prism. The volume can be determined by multiplying the Area of the base by the height of the prism.
The Surface area of a triangle = 0.5*base*height The volume of a prism = area of its cross-section*length
No.
The volume is cubed and the surface area is squared.
Surface area is squared; volume is cubed.
That depends on how many faces this particular prism has.
A surface area would be vital for determining volume
A cylinder.
The two nets of a regular right triangular prism are surface area and volume.
No. Relative to its volume, the greater the number of sides, the smaller the volume. In the limit, a cylinder (circular prism, with an infinite number of "sides") will have the least surface area.