Complete question is;
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. From the net, we can see that there are six equal faces and so we get the total surface area is 6 × 16 = 96 square units.
Find the total surface area of the rectangular prism attached.
Answer:
72 cm²
Explanation:
From the rectangular prism attached, we can see that it has 6 sides.
Now, each side has a mirrored part which is of same dimensions with it.
Thus, unfolding to get a net, we have;
2 faces with dimension: 3cm × 6cm
2 faces with dimension: 2cm × 6 cm
2 faces with dimension: 2cm × 3cm
Thus,total surface area is;
2(3cm × 6cm) + 2(2cm × 6cm) + 2(2cm × 3cm) = 36 + 24 + 12 = 72 cm²