Question

If each dimension of the rectangular prism is doubled, how will its total surface area change?

A rectangular prism. The length is 3 meters, width is 4 meters, and height is 2 meters.

Answer 1

It increases by 4

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Answer 2

In a rectangular prism, all six surfaces are rectangles as shown ... to length X width, ( l⋅w , the surface area of the sides can be calculated by ... Total surface Area = A=2(l+w)h+2lw=2(lh+wh+lw). If we double all three dimensions we get: ... Doubling the dimensions makes the surface area 4 times the original ...

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