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Find the total surface area of a trapezoidal prism.

Find the total surface area of a trapezoidal prism.-example-1

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The best way is to find the areas of the bases and the lateral faces separately and add them.
Let's start:
Base area = 14 x 4 = 56
Area of rectangle = 6 x 14 = 84
Area of second rectangle = 8 x 14 = 112
Area of slanted rectangle = 4.47 x 14 = 62.58

Now there are two sides remaining which includes triangles. Seperate the triangles from them and you will be left with 2 small rectangles on the front and back and also two triangles.

Area of two small rectangles = 2( 4 x 6) = 48
Area of two triangles = 4 x 2 = 8

Now add them all,
we get ====> 370.58 Square units
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