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13.Fizzarth is giving candles away as w ginLach carídle has the shape of aright triangular prism with the following dimensions, the base hasdimensions of 4 inches, 3 inches, and 5 inches. The height of the prism is 9inches, How much wrapping paper is needed to wrap a pair of candles?

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the total area needed to be wrap is 120 square inches

It is calculated by adding the area of all the faces of the triangular prism

since the triangle is a right triangle. it has the parts of base = 3, height = 4 and hypotenuse = 5

the area of the triangle

A = 1/2 * b *h = 1/2 * 3 * 4 = 6

There are 2 triangles and 3 rectangles

the area of the rectangles are

A = b*h = 9*3 = 27

A = 9*4 = 36

A = 9*5 = 45

The total area is

6 + 6 + 27 + 36 + 45 = 120

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