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Find the surface area of this triangular Be sure to include the correct unit in your answer

Find the surface area of this triangular Be sure to include the correct unit in your-example-1
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Okay, here we have this:

Considering the provided figure, we are going to calculate the requested surface area, so we obtain the following:

Then we will substitute in the following formula:

Surface area=Area of bottom rectangle+Area of front rectangle+Area of back rectangle+2(Area of side triangle)

Surface area=(12cm*15cm)+(20cm*15cm)+(15cm*16cm)+2((12cm*16cm)/2)

Surface area=(12cm*15cm)+(20cm*15cm)+(15cm*16cm)+(12cm*16cm)

Surface area=(12cm*15cm)+(20cm*15cm)+(15cm*16cm)+(12cm*16cm)

Surface area=180cm^2+300cm^2+240cm^2+192cm^2

Surface area=180cm^2+300cm^2+240cm^2+192cm^2

Surface area=912cm^2

Finally we obtain that the surface area of the tringular prism is 912cm^2.

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