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The volume of this rectangular prism is 2 cubic feet. What is the surface area?

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Answer: The answer cannot be determined.

Explanation:

Add the areas of all six faces to get the rectangular prism's surface area.

Assume that the length (l), width (w), and height (h) of the rectangular prism are expressed in feet.

We can use the volume formula because the rectangular prism has a volume of 2 cubic feet:

By substituting the given value, we obtain:

2 = l, w, and h We need more information to solve for one of the variables. Be that as it may, we can in any case compute the surface region concerning l, w, and h.

The six essences of the rectangular crystal are:

The rectangular prism's surface area can be calculated as follows: Top and bottom faces with area l x w (two identical faces); Front and back faces with area h x w (two identical faces); Left and right faces with area h x l (two identical faces).

Surface Area = 2(l x w) + 2(h x w) + 2(h x l) When we substitute the volume value from the equation, we get:

Surface Area = 2(l x w) + 2(h x w) + 2(h x l) Surface Area = 2 x 2/l + 2 x 2/w + 2 x 2/h Surface Area = 4/l + 4/w + 4/h We are unable to precisely calculate the surface area because we do not have specific values for the length, width, and height. To determine the surface area, we require additional information regarding the rectangular prism's dimensions.

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