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The surface area of a rectangular prism is 335 ft2. If the area of the base is 21 ft2, and the perimeter of the base is 20 ft. What is the height of the prism? Round

your answer to the tenths.

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Let's call the length of the rectangular prism "l", the width "w", and the height "h". We know that the surface area of the rectangular prism is 335 ft^2, so we can write an equation:

2lw + 2lh + 2wh = 335

We also know that the area of the base is 21 ft^2, so lw = 21. Finally, we know that the perimeter of the base is 20 ft, so 2l + 2w = 20, or l + w = 10.

We can use these equations to solve for h. First, we can solve for l or w in terms of the other variable:

l = 21/w

w = 21/l

Next, we can substitute these expressions into the equation l + w = 10:

21/w + 21/l = 10

Multiplying both sides by wl, we get:

21l + 21w = 10wl

Substituting 21/w for l and 21/l for w, we get:

21(21/w) + 21(21/l) = 10(21)

Simplifying this equation, we get:

441/w + 441/l = 210

Multiplying both sides by wl, we get:

441l + 441w = 210lw

Substituting 21/w for l and 21/l for w, we get:

441(21/w) + 441(21/l) = 210(21)

Simplifying this equation, we get:

9261/w = 441

Solving for w, we get:

w = 9261/441

w ≈ 21

Substituting this value of w into the equation l + w = 10, we get:

l + 21 = 10

l = -11

This doesn't make sense, so we made a mistake somewhere. Let's go back and check our work.

We made an error in the equation 441l + 441w = 210lw. We should have multiplied both sides by 2 instead of by wl. So, let's start again:

441/w + 441/l = 210/21

Multiplying both sides by wl, we get:

441l + 441w = 210

Substituting 21/w for l and 21/l for w, we get:

441(21/w) + 441(21/l) =

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