Question

Sally needs to wrap a birthday gift. The gift has a length of 15 in, a width of 13 in,

and a height of 9in. Use the Surface Area formula for a Rectangular Prism to figure
out how much wrapping paper Sally will need to wrap the gift. Write a paragraph,
using the RACE format, explaining how you got your answer.

Answer 1

849in 2

Explanation:

sally needs to wrap a birthday gift.

the surface area of the gift is 894 in 2.

the formula for surface area of a rectangular prism is S = 2(lw + lh + wh).

to use the formula . i added (lw + lh+ wh) then multiplied it by 2 . so sally will need 894in2 of wrapping paper for the gift.