Elliot has a modern fish tank that is in the shape of an oblique prism, shown below.

Where h is the height and B is the Area of the base of the prism. The formula for a prism’s volume is as follows: The volume is the space occupied by a solid object. It is not common practice to calculate the surface area of an oblique prism as there is no direct formula. The surface area of an oblique prism is not easy to calculate. The faces or sides of the oblique prism are parallelograms which is a four-sided polygon with parallel opposite sides.įigure 2 shows a hexagonal oblique prism with a demonstration of its bases and lateral faces.įigure 3 – Illustration of Length, Base Area and Base Perimeter of a Rectangular Prism for Surface Area

Lateral FacesĪ prism’s lateral faces are the faces that are on its sides instead of its top and bottom. These bases are parallel to each other regardless the prism is right or oblique.įor example, a pentagonal prism has two pentagons as bases on each end of the prism. The two bases are the two unique sides of a prism which defines the type of prism according to its shape. The edges of a prism are parallel to each other, extending from one base to the other.

It has equal cross-sections with identical bases. It is a polyhedron with flat faces, straight edges, and sharp vertices. To understand an oblique prism comprehensively, first, we need to know about the “ prism.” PrismĪ three-dimensional object with two same ends is known as a prism.

Figure 1 – An Oblique Prism with Height h

Elliot has a modern fish tank that is in the shape of an oblique prism, shown below.