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Find the lateral surface area of the rectangular prism. Round your answer to the tenth of necessary

Find the lateral surface area of the rectangular prism. Round your answer to the tenth-example-1

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48 square feet

Step-by-step explanation

to find the lateral surafece, we need to add the 4 faces that make it,so

so,the total area


\begin{gathered} \text{Area}=2(\text{length}\cdot\text{width)}+2(\text{length}\cdot\text{width)} \\ \text{Area}=2(6\text{ ft}\cdot3\text{ ft)+2(3ft}\cdot\text{2 ft)} \\ \text{Area}=2(18ft^2)+2(6ft^2) \\ \text{Area}=36ft^2+12ft^2 \\ \text{Area}=48ft^2 \end{gathered}

so, the answer is 48 square feet

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