Surface Area is the sum of the areas of the surfaces in the figure.
Surface Area of a Prism= 2lw+2lh+2wh
Surface Area of a Cylinder= 2(3.14)r(r)+2(3.14)rh
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The surface area is the sum of all the areas of all the shapes that cover the surface of the object.
They both depend on circumference not perimeter.
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
The surface area is the sum of all the shapes' area