- Identify all the individual shapes that make up the composite figure
- Calculate the area of each individual shape
- Add all the individual areas together to find the total surface area of the composite figure
- Take into consideration any overlapping or hidden faces that may affect the final surface area calculation
What do you need to remember to do when finding the surface area of composite figures?
Add the areas of all the faces of all the figure
Subtract the surface area of the smaller shape from the surface area of the larger shape
Find the area of the faces and then double
Subtract the hidden faces from the surface area
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