The surface area of a box which is in the form of a cuboid whose dimensions are l × b × h is:
2(lb + bh + hl)
The surface area of a cuboid is nothing but the total surface area which is the area of 6 rectangular plates (l,b),(b,h),(l,h),(l,b),(b,h),(l,h).
Total surface area =lb+bh+lh+lb+bh+lh=2(lb+bh+hl)