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Surface Area of Triangular Prism = Lateral Area + Area of Bases
= Perimeter of TriangleHeight+2 Area of Base
= (a+b+c)h +2

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base of triangleheight of triangle
= (a+b+c)h +2

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= (a+b+c)h+bd
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You can also visualize the area as that of three
rectangles and two triangles.