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document.write( "just out of interest is there a method of calculating the total surface area of of stacked cubes.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Assuming that the cubes are all of the same size . . . \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and are stacked face to face . . . \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Take surface area of one cube ( = 6 times the area of one individual face).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply it by the number of cubes.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "From this product, subtract the area of one individual face, multiplied by the number of mutually attached individual faces.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The final result will be the sought surface area.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Or use another method\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In the stacked shape/volume/solid, mark every face, which looks outside.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Then count all the marked faces and count their number.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "After that, multiply the area of one/any face by the number of marked faces.\r<BR>\n" );
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