Prism Calculator
Calculate volume, base area, lateral surface area, total surface area, base perimeter, and space diagonal for a right regular prism.
Right regular prism solver
The English prism calculator intent expects volume and surface-area outputs together. This calculator uses a right regular prism model: the base is a regular polygon and the side faces are perpendicular to that base.
B is base area and h is prism height.
P is base perimeter for a right prism.
Input modes
| Known values | Use case |
|---|---|
| Base side and height | Standard volume and surface-area calculation. |
| Base side and volume | Recover height from volume. |
| Base side and lateral area | Recover height from side area. |
| Base side and space diagonal | Recover height from the longest diagonal. |
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Sources and References
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