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Bella is wrapping a cube shaped gift box that measures 8.5 inches along each edge how many square inches of wrapping paper is needed to cover the box completely without overlapping

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A cube has 6 sides

Area of 1 side = 8.5 x 8.5 = 72.25 in²

Area of 6 sides = 72.25 x 6 = 433.5 in²

Answer: 433.5 in²

User Oleg Gryb
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Answer: 433.5 square inches of wrapping paper is needed to cover the box.

Explanation:

Since we have given that

Length of cube shaped gift box = 8.5 inches

We need to wrap that gift box for this we need how much square inches of wrapping paper.

As we know the surface area of cube = 6a²

Here, a = 8.5

so, Area of cube would be


6* (8.5)^2\\\\=433.5\ in^2

Hence, 433.5 square inches of wrapping paper is needed to cover the box.

User Gibumba
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