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consider the cube shown at the right. All the side lengths of the cube have been marked with the variable s. the firmula firvthe surface area of a cube is given by SA=6s2. explain where this equatiin comes from

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The explanation goes as contained below.

The shape is a cube and for a cube all sides are equal,

from the question the Area of just one side is :


\begin{gathered} S* S=S^2 \\ \text{Then for 6 sides we have 6 }* S^2=6S^2 \end{gathered}

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