Question

How do you calculate surface area?

Answer 1

@phi

Answer 2

by calculating the surface area, you first need to know what an area is and the respective formula of each shape

Answer 3

I have this question that says to find the surface area. It is 6" X 3" X 2"

Answer 4

what is the shape?

Answer 5

A brick (rectangular prism)

Answer 6

alright, now you know the shape, now what is the formula for the area of a rectangle?

Answer 7

length X width

Answer 8

distance of the length multiply by the distance of the width... correct
how many surface rectangles do rectangular prisms have?

Answer 9

I believe four surface rectangles and two squares. That equals to six faces of a rectangle.