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

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Explanation:

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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Hello, Here is your answer.

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. For example, if the length of one side of the cube 4 units then the area of one its face is 4 × 4 = 16 square units.

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