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OpenStudy (anonymous):

What is the surface area of the right prism?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

sorry one sec

OpenStudy (mathstudent55):

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OpenStudy (anonymous):

There we go :)

OpenStudy (mathstudent55):

The surface area is the sum of the surface area of all the faces. You notice that there are 6 different faces to this prism, right?

OpenStudy (mathstudent55):

The 6 faces are: front, back, top, bottom, left, right

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Right. Is it, 4*2+1.5*2?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

So 11.0ft^2

OpenStudy (mathstudent55):

No. There is more to it. Each pair of opposite faces is congruent and has the same area. The top and bottom faces are congruent. The lefts and right faces are congruent. The left and right faces are congruent. That means you need to find the area of one of each of the 3 different faces and add them and multiply by 2.

OpenStudy (mathstudent55):

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