Question

What's the difference between lateral surface area of a cube or cuboid and total surface area of cube and cuboid??

Answer 1

Dear Student,

The lateral surface of an object is all of the sides of the object, excluding its base and top (when they exist). The lateral surface area is the area of the lateral surface. This is to be distinguished from the total surface area, which is the lateral surface area together with the areas of the base and top.

LSA or lateral surface area is the areas of the lateral surfaces of an object. CSA or curved surface area is the area of the curved surfaces of an object. CSA of cylinder or hemisphere are the same as their LSA.

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