Jordan built her cat tuna a new scratching post. she needs to cover the post with carpet. how much carpet does jordan need to cover the surface of the post, including the bottom?

Jordan needs of carpet to cover the surface area of the post

Step-by-step explanation:

see the attached figure to better understand the problem

we know that

The surface area of a prism is equal to

where

B is the area of the base of the prism

P is the perimeter of the base of the prism

h is the height of the prism

Find the area of the base B

Find the perimeter of the base P

we have the height h

substitute the values

trapezoid

step-by-step explanation:

first i plotted all my points on a grid graph

i made sure all of them were in the correct quadrant

then i saw it was a trapezoid or a quadrilateral