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Explain how you use a net to find the surface area of a prism.

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Answer:

By drawing a net, you can see each face of the prism. You can find the areas of each face and then add them together to find the total surface area.

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Nets of rectangular prisms are made up of rectangles and squares. Finding the areas of each of the rectangles and squares of the net of a rectangular prism and adding up those areas gives the surface area or total surface area of the prism.

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