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document.write( "A cube has sides that are all the same.  To find the area of one face of a cube,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "take one edge of a side and square it.  To find the entire surface area of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a cube, multiply the area of one face by 6, since there are six faces.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "SA = 6s^2 {surface area of a cube is 6 x one side squared}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 6(7)^2 {substituted 7, in for s, into surface area formula}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 6(49){squared 7 to get 49}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 294 in^2 {multiplied 6 by 49}<BR>\n" );
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