Surface Area of Prisms
Calculating the surface area of prisms using nets and formulas.
Key Questions
- Explain the relationship between the faces of a prism and the shapes in its net.
- Justify when calculating surface area would be more important than calculating volume in a real-world task.
- Design a method to calculate the surface area of a complex prism.
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