Surface of Circular based Prism

Here we have a circular based prism;

It’s as though the prism has been extruded from the circle below the prism and that’s the general idea behind the prism surface area. The area of the base is πr2 and the perimeter of the base if 2πr. So the surface area is;

The above is the area to find the surface area of a circular based prism.

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