Finding the Surface area of a 3D shape is not that hard - as long as you know the correct formula.
So, what is the surface area of a shape?
Surface area is the total amount of space that all of the surfaces that an object takes up. So, it's the sum of all of the surfaces of a that object.
But each shape has it's own separate formula. Oh boy!
There's many 3D shapes. How about you tell me about a couple of the most common shapes we might encounter.
First, you must identify the shape you are working with and memorize the surface area (SA) formula. It just makes calculating the SA much easier.
Surface area of a sphere seems interesting....
All right! Lets just pick the Suface Area (SA) of the sphere. Because it has a curved surface, the SA must use the constant pi. SA of a sphere = 4πr 2
r = The radius of the sphere is half the diameter, or half the distance from one side of the center of the sphere to the other.
Example if r = 2 cm, π= 3.14r 2= 2 2= 4So, the surface area = 4π4 = 50.24 cm