How do you find the surface area of a prism?

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anonymous · Answer

Neither of those pages helped!:( @izziewoods

anonymous · Answer

hmm.. well do you have a specific prism that you are talking about?

anonymous · Answer

@shannon.janette1  I asked you that question because every prism has a different formula. like for a cylinder, you can find the surface area by using this formula 
Surface Area=2*(PI)*r*h + 2*(PI)*r^2
(r= radius, h= height)

but for a rectangular prism you use this formula
Surface Area=2*l*w + 2*w*h + 2*l*h
(l= length, w= width, h= height)

check out the "Mathematics Reference Sheet" again its on the third page ;)