Question

If a cube has an edge of length e, then the lateral surface area is:

Answer 1

4e2

Explanation:

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Answer 2

The total lateral surface of this cube is 4*e^2

Explanation:

A cube is a figure with all the sides of the same length, so each face of a cube is a square.

Remember that the area of a square of sidelength L is:

A = L^2

Now, when we want to find the lateral surface of a figure, we ignore the bases of the figure.

So, if a cube has 6 faces, if we ignore the two bases, we are left with 4 square faces.

And if the edge length is e, then each one of these four faces has an area:

A = e^2

So the total lateral surface is 4 times that:

S = 4*e^2

The total lateral surface of this cube is 4*e^2