What is the surface area of this three-dimensional, symmetrical, capital letter “I” block? Show your work.

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All right, how familiar with surface area are you?

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i know how to find the surface area of rectangular prisms just need a little help with the composite figurs

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We need to determine the number of sides, or specific planes, that the 'I' has. Like a cube, a cube has 6 sides that are in the shape of squares. 

This 'I' has quite a 'sides'. So, we'll want to find the area of all these different sides and sum them.

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why the area?

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Cool, can you determine the number of sides?|dw:1343144067033:dw|