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A rectangular prism made is 3 units high, 2 units wide, and 5 units long. What is its surface area in square units? Explain or show your reasoning.

User Jei
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Answer:

62 square units

Explanation:

You want the surface area of a rectangular prism 3 units high, 2 units wide, and 5 units long.

Area

The surface area of a rectangular prism is given by the formula ...

SA = 2(LW +H(L +W))

Application

Using the given dimensions, L=5, W=2, H=3, the area is ...

SA = 2(5·2 +3(5 +2)) = 2(10 +3(7)) = 2(31)

SA = 62 . . . square units

The surface area of the prism is 62 square units.

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