document.write( "Question 466044: Find the surface area of a square prism with a side measure of 6. \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "I am going to presume that by \"square prism\" you mean \"cube.\" The difference is that a cube has 6 identical square faces, where as a square prism is actually a rectangular prism that need only have two opposing faces (or sides) that are square. I make the presumption of a cube because you only provided a single dimension and the problem is not solvable with only a single dimension using the more general definition of a square prism.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "See Cuboids, Rectangular Prisms and Cubes for a comparison of definitions of rectangular prisim, square prism, and cube (about 2/3 down the page)\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The total surface area of a prism is the sum of the areas of the sides. A cube has six identical sides and the area of each is the square of the measure of an edge. I don't know if you mean that each side is 6 square units or you mistakenly used \"side\" to mean \"edge\" and that each edge measures 6 linear units, so you will have to take it from this point.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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