Question

Shane is using pieces of square paper to cover a cube shaped gift with sides that are 9 inches long to find out the area of the paper he needs he uses the formula for the surface area of cube A=6s2 What is the surface area of the cube

Answer 1

The area of the cube is 486 inches^2

Explanation:

In this question, we are tasked with calculating the area of cube with side 9 inch.

Mathematically, the area can be calculated using the formula A = 6s^2

Now, what we need to do is to substitute 9 inches for s

Thus, A = 6 * 9^2

A = 6 * 81

A = 486 inches^2