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What is meant by area of cross section and surface area? And is the circumference of the circle should be considered as the perimeter of the circle? What is meant by a prism? I would anyone to give me sites about mensuration or any formula sheets
 
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What is meant by area of cross section and surface area? And is the circumference of the circle should be considered as the perimeter of the circle? What is meant by a prism? I would anyone to give me sites about mensuration or any formula sheets
Cross-section : the area of the side, that, when u cut, u get equal sized and shaped such similar shapes.

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Surface area is d entire outward surface area of all the shapes that make up a 3D object.

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The circumference of the circle can be considered as the perimeter of the circle.
 
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Here's one I have since the CIEs in May.
 

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What is meant by area of cross section and surface area? And is the circumference of the circle should be considered as the perimeter of the circle? What is meant by a prism? I would anyone to give me sites about mensuration or any formula sheets
A prism is a solid object with two identical ends and flat sides:

• The sides are parallelograms (4-sided shape with opposites sides parallel)
• The cross section is the same all along its length

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These aren't prisms:

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