What is the lateral surface area? please help me if you can thank you :)

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asked Mar 25, 2021 157k views

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RLH · Answer 1 · 2021-03-30T09:41:22+0000

Answer:

lateral surface area means surface area of vertical walls.

there are 3 vertical walls and each is a rectangle.

hence

lateral surface area = 3 × area of one wall

= 3× ( 8×5 )

= 3 × 40

= 120 square units