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What is surface area?
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Surface
area
is the total area of the faces of a three-dimensional shape. Surface area is measured in square
units.
To
calculate surface area of a three-dimensional shape, follow these
steps:
Identify
all of the two-dimensional faces of the three-dimensional
shape.
Find
the area of each
face.
Add
the areas
together.
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Surface area of cubes and rectangular prisms
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