Multiply side x side. For example, if you are measuring for new carpet for a room that is 15 feet long and 12 feet wide, and you need to know how much carpet to buy, multiply 15 x 12, which will give you the total surface area.
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However, there are different formulae for other shapes like circles or ellipses, or for triangles, or parallelograms and trapeziums,; or their 3-d equivalents.
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Total surface area = (2*pi*radius2)+(diameter*pi*height)
Total surface area = (2*pi*r2)+(pi*r2) Area = 300*pi in square units
Total surface area = (2*pi*r2)+(2*pi*r*height) Surface area = 69.11503838 or 69 square units
Surface area including the underneath of the hemisphere = pi*radius2 + 2*pi*radius2 Total surface area = 27pi square units
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