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Henry stores the arrowheads he has found in a box the shape of a rectangular prism. The box is 14 inches long, 12 inches wide, and 2 inches high. He plans to paint the exterior of the box. How many square inches does he have to paint?

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Henry stores the arrowheads he has found in a box the shape of a rectangular prism-example-1

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Answer:

272 square inches

Explanation:

Find the surface area

Surface area =

12 * 2 + 12 * 2, (front & back sides)

14 * 2 + 14 * 2, (right & left sides)

12 * 14, (bottom)

24 + 24 + 28 + 28 + 168

48 + 56 + 168

= 272

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