to find the surface area of a shape, you must find the area of each side and add them together. the base of this shape is a rectangle with a length of 11ft and a height of 3ft; to calculate the area of a rectangle, you multiply the length by the height. 3*11 is 33, so the base of this prism has an area of 33ft^2. since this is a prism, we know that the side parallel to the base are the same shape, so they both have an area of 33ft^2. 33*2= 66. the two other large sides have a height of 4.5 and a length of 11; 4.5*11 is 49.5, there are two shapes with these dimensions, so 49.5*2=99. finally, the two shapes on either end of the prism have a height of 4.5 and a length of 3. 4.5*3= an area of 13.5, two of them, so 13.5*2=27. now you just add all of these numbers together: 66+99+27=192.
