Lateral Area Formula for a cube?

It says the side length is 5 inches, I’ve got the surface area, but not the lateral area. Can someone explain the formula?

If the side length is 5 inches, then the surface area of one face is 25.

If you subtract the area of the bases form the total area, then you’ll get lateral area.

So the area of the bases are side squared, 25 inches squared. There are two bases, so the total area of the bases is 50 inches squared.

Subtract the area of the bases from the total area (total area – 50 inches squared) and you have lateral area.

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2 Responses to “Lateral Area Formula for a cube?”

William B on December 15th, 2009 at 1:17 am

All six faces are the same.
The total surface area is 6×25 =150 sq in
The lateral area is 4×25= 100 sq in
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Carrie Beth on December 15th, 2009 at 2:04 am

If the side length is 5 inches, then the surface area of one face is 25.

If you subtract the area of the bases form the total area, then you’ll get lateral area.

So the area of the bases are side squared, 25 inches squared. There are two bases, so the total area of the bases is 50 inches squared.

Subtract the area of the bases from the total area (total area – 50 inches squared) and you have lateral area.
References :

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