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Evan is wrapping a shipping box in brown paper the box in the shape of a right rectangular prism the box has a length of 2ft a width of 1 ft and a height of 4 ft how many square feet of brown paper will even need to wrap the entire box? HURRY 25 POINts

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You have 6 sides
2 are 2*1 = 2*2*1 square feet.
2 are 4*1 = 2*4*1 square feet
2 are 4*2 = 2*4*2
The total is 4 + 8 + 16 = 28 square feet.
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