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To work out the area of the rectangular faces, you need to multiply the length by the width. You then need to multiply that answer by 3 (because there are 3 rectangular faces).
To work out the area of the triangular faces, multiply the base of the triangle by the height and divide the answer by 2 (to find the area of one triangle). You then need to multiply it by 2 again because there are 2 triangular faces.
Important: The height of a triangle is the distance from the top corner of the triangle down to the base (so that it meets the base at 90 degrees)
You then need to add the total surface area of the rectangular faces to the surface area of the triangular faces to get the total surface area of the entire prism.
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How do you find the surface area of a prism with a right angled triangle as its cross section?
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work it out
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