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Find the surface area of the figure?

Find the surface area of the figure?-example-1
User Saul Montilla
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Explanation:

the surface area consists of 6 individual areas :

front and back (both are equal)

left and right (both are equal)

top and bottom

front and back are trapezoids.

the area of a trapezoid is

(base 1 + base 2)/2 × h

the bases are the 2 parallel sides.

in our case the area of one trapezoid is

(5 + 19)/2 × 12.1 = 145.2 ft²

front and back together then are 290.4 ft².

left and right are 8×14 rectangles:

8×14 = 112 ft²

together they are 224 ft².

the bottom is a 5×8 rectangle :

5×8 = 40 ft²

the top is a 19×8 rectangle :

19×8 = 152 ft²

so, the total surface area is

290.4 + 224 + 40 + 152 = 706.4 ft²

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