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Kim is repainting a storage trunk shaped like a rectangular prism as shown. Kim will paint all the faces of the outside of the storage trunk when it is closed. How many square feet will Kim paint?

Kim is repainting a storage trunk shaped like a rectangular prism as shown. Kim will-example-1

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First, you'll need to simplify the more complicated part

The lid & the hight are one of the same, so you need to add them together, making the porportions

L: 4

H: 2.5

W: 2.75

Then, start multiplying

lol i wont tell you how to do this exactly, just use a surface area calculator, like calculator dot net

(shhh dont tell anybody, but 2×(4×2.75 + 4×2.5 + 2.75×2.5))

The answer is 55.75 feet^2 by the way

:D

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