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Pls help Three same-sized cubes are glued together as shown below.

If the side length of each cube is 8 inches, what is the surface area of the figure?

Pls help Three same-sized cubes are glued together as shown below. If the side length-example-1
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Count the number of squares you can see from each side = 14
The cubes had 3 x 6 faces = 18 but 4 are glued together.
Surface area = 14 square faces = 14 x 8^2 = 896 in^2
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