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How do you find the surface area of cube??? Please help me...

 May 4, 2015

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(a is the length of the side of each edge of the cube)

In words, the surface area of a cube is the area of the six squares that cover it. The area of one of them is a*a, or a 2 . Since these are all the same, you can multiply one of them by six, so the surface area of a cube is 6 times one of the sides squared.

Example #1:

Find the surface area if the length of one side is 3 cm

Surface area = 6 × a2 

Surface area = 6 × 32 

Surface area = 6 × 3 × 3 

Surface area = 54 cm2 

 May 4, 2015
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Surface Area of a Cube = 6 a 2

 

 


 (a is the length of the side of each edge of the cube)
In words, the surface area of a cube is the area of the six squares that cover it. The area of one of them is a*a, or a 2 . Since these are all the same, you can multiply one of them by six, so the surface area of a cube is 6 times one of the sides squared.

 May 4, 2015
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Length*width*6=SA=ans

 May 4, 2015
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Thank you guys for the answers to my question.

 May 4, 2015
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Best Answer

(a is the length of the side of each edge of the cube)

In words, the surface area of a cube is the area of the six squares that cover it. The area of one of them is a*a, or a 2 . Since these are all the same, you can multiply one of them by six, so the surface area of a cube is 6 times one of the sides squared.

Example #1:

Find the surface area if the length of one side is 3 cm

Surface area = 6 × a2 

Surface area = 6 × 32 

Surface area = 6 × 3 × 3 

Surface area = 54 cm2 

AngelAudrey May 4, 2015

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