Surface Area of a Rectangular Prism
POINT
Add the areas of every face. For a rectangular prism with edges a, b, c, use 2(ab + bc + ca). For a triangular prism, add the lateral area (base perimeter × prism length) and the areas of its two triangular bases.
Example
Find the surface area of the rectangular prism shown.

Practice
Find the surface area of each rectangular prism.
01
Rectangular prism

254 cm²
02
Rectangular prism

280 cm²
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