Question

The net of a rectangular prism is shown below. The surface area of each face is labeled. Which values represent the dimensions in centimeters of the rectangular prism?

Answer 1

The dimensions are 3, 4 and 6 centimeters.

Explanation:

Notice that the surface of 24 square centimeters is formed by 6 times 4, which gives 24 square centimeters.

The 12 square centimeres surface is formed by 3 times 4, which gives 12.

The 18 square centimeters surface is formed by 3 times 6, which gives 18.

Therefore, the three dimensiosn to form the prism are 3 cm x 4 cm x 6 cm.

Where 6 cm is the height, 3 cm and 4 cm are the width and length.