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Need to find the surface area

Need to find the surface area-example-1

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So first, we can see that two out of four sides of this triangular prism is a square because they have equal side lengths.

The surface area of these two sides should be:

A = a² · 2 = 10² · 2 = 100 · 2 = 200 (ft²)

Next, we need to find the area of the two triangles:

A = bh/2 · 2 = hb = 8 · 12 = 96 (ft²)

Lastly, we have the rectangular base:

A = wl = 10 · 12 = 120 (ft²)

All we need to do now is to add up all of our results:

A = 200 + 96 + 120 = 416 (ft²)

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