A=30^2+ 2 x 30 x 26 A= 900 + 1560 A= 2460 so the surface area is 2460 v=1/3 x 30^2 x 26 v=1/3 x 900 x 26 v= 300 x 26 v=7800 so the volume is 7800 and the way the order of operations helped you is that you had to remember to always do the exponents before any of the other multiplication
