help me i dont understand?

Answer:
Surface area is the bases area so the answer is:
18x9: 162
How did you get 18x9?
Good question look at the picture do you see 18 and 9 at the bottom well remove the 2 out of the picture make it a 2d shape now it is just 18 as length and 9 as height so to find Surface area you mulitiply the height by the length or the length by the height so it is
18x9:162
The answer is 162