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Find the surface area of the prism. Round to the nearest tenth if necessary. please help!!

Find the surface area of the prism. Round to the nearest tenth if necessary. please-example-1
User Israel Barba
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Answer:

72

Explanation:

This shape is a prism; it's a 3-D shape with 6 sides. Basically, it's a box.

All 6 sides are rectangles.

Surface area means that we'll find the area of all 6 rectangles and add them up.

There's a front and back, left and right, and a top and bottom.

The area of a rectangle is length×width or base×height.



The front and back are identical.

Area = length×width

Area = 6×3 = 18

Since the front and back are the same, two of the rectangles have area = 18.



The left and right are the same:

Area = 3 × 2

Area = 6

Two faces have area = 6.

The top and bottom are the same.

Area = 6 × 2

Area = 12

Again, two faces have area = 12.

To find the total surface area, add up all 6 areas.

A =18+18+6+6+12+12

A = 72

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