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Grade 6SuperchallengeSurface Area and Volume

Surface Area and Volume · Superchallenge problem

Two identical triangular prisms are each 55 cm long, and each end is a right triangle with legs of 66 cm and 88 cm and a longest side of 1010 cm. The two prisms are glued together so that one whole rectangular face of one prism exactly covers the matching face of the other. What is the smallest possible surface area of the new solid, in square centimeters?