An 8 inch by 6 inch rectangle is the base of the rectangular prism below. What is the lateral area of the figure?

Because you aren't going to bother putting the height, ill just give you the steps on what to do.

Lateral surface area = All surface areas on a prism except the top and bottom

Therefore, use the formula: LSA = 2lh + 2wh

2lw is excluded from the original surface area formula to find the lateral.