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Chapter 1: Q8. (page 32)

Find the surface area of each solid.

Short Answer

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The surface area of the rectangular prism is 26 square feet.

Step by step solution

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Step 1. State the formula.

The formula for surface area of a rectangular prism is S=lw+wh+hl, where S is the surface area, l is the length, w is the width and h is the height of the rectangular prism.

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Step 2. List the given data.

It is clear, from the given figure, that the given solid is a rectangular prism of length 4 ft, width 2 ft and height 3ft.

Then, l=4ft, w=2ftandh=3ft

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Step 3. Calculate the surface area.

Put l=4, w=2and h=3in S=lw+wh+hlto get,

S=42+23+34=8+6+12=26

So, S=26.

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Step 4. Determine the unit.

Since the unit of length, width and height are all given as feet, the unit of the surface area must be square feet.

So, the surface area of the rectangular prism is 26 square feet.

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