Question

you are emailing your cousin a care package in a box shaped like a cube. Each side of the box is 6 inches long. You mist cover the box with brown wrapping paper in order for the post office to accept it. What is the minimum amount of brown wrapping paper you will need in order to completely cover the box

Answer 1

Answer: 216 square inches of wrapping paper

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Work Shown:

x = side length of cube = 6 inches

SA = surface area of cube

SA = 6x^2

SA = 6*6^2

SA = 6*36

SA = 216 square inches

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side note: if you have a rectangular box that isn't a cube (ie the length, width, and/or height aren't all the same), then you would use this formula to get the surface area

SA = 2*(L*W+L*H+W*H)

where L,W,H are the length, width and height respectively.