Question

Grete opens and lays a shoe box out flat. She sees that the top and the bottom of the box both measure 10 inches by 6 inches, the sides of the box both measure 10 inches by 2 inches, and the front and back of the box both measure 6 inches by 2 inches. What is the surface area of the shoe box?

Answer 1

148 inches

Explanation:

Answer 2

184 in²

Explanation:

Surface area of the shoe box = 2(10 × 6) + 2(10 × 2) + 2(6 × 2)

120 + 40 + 24 = 184 in²

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