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You find the area for every single side of the object (base x height) and sum it up to get the surface area. For example: to find the surface area of a cube, you would use the formula of 6a^2 (or 6 x a x a). To further explain that: because a cube has 6 identical sides and the measurement of base and height are equal (a = length of one leg) you would multiply the base(a) by the height(a) and times it by 6 stating that there are 6 areas of that area measurement to find the surface area. Remember that 6a^2 only works for cube because it is made up of 6 identical side areas where you would not find in prisms or pyramids. Good luck :)
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What is the surface area of a falling object?
It depends on the object!
What is the measure of how much surface an object has?
Area is the measure of how much surface an object has.
How does surface area different from area?
Surface area is the area of all the sides of a 3D object, but area could be anything. e.g. Area is the surface of a 2D object or if you say the area of all the sides, it means the same as Surface area. -----=-----=-----=-----=-----=-----=-----=-----=-----=-----=-----=-----=-----=-----= By Austin from Covenant Christian School
What is the exposed area of an object called?
Surface Area
How do you get area and volume of object?
The surface area of object is the sum of the area of all the faces of an object, while the volume is the area of the base of an object multiplied by its height.
