Question

jamie is painting toybox shape like rectangular prism with dimension of 3 feet by 2 feet by 1 foot .if she is planning to paint all sides of a box,what is the surface area that she must cover?

Answer 1

3*2=6 right well there are 4 sides of this 6*6=36 36*36=1296 but then u put the decimal there making it 12.96

Answer 2

The surface are of a rectangular prism is the sum of the areas of the six sides...

A=2(xy+xz+yz)  in this case:

A=2(3*2+3*1+2*1)

A=2(6+3+2)

A=2(11)

A=22 ft^2