I was just wondering if I find the lateral area of a prism/ cylinder. I can plug this number into the surface are formula which is SA= LA + 2B to find the surface area right? Just making sure...

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mathmale · Answer

Caution:  prisms come in various shapes; the formulas for the surface areas vary from shape to shape.  

What is the surface area of a cube of side s?
What is the surf. area of a right rectangular prism of dimensions L by W by H?
What is the surf. area of a right circular cone?

mathmale · Answer

In your shoes I'd Google "surface area of a right rectangular prism" or whatever other prism you're dealing with.

marcoreus11 · Answer

oh okay thx