SOLUTION: A rectangular prism-shaped wooden board has a length of 48 inches, a width of 4 inches and a height of 2 inches. A carpenter wants to cover the entire board in a stain. How much

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Question 1137516: A rectangular prism-shaped wooden board has a length of 48 inches, a width of 4 inches and a height of 2 inches. A carpenter wants to cover the entire board in a stain.
How much total area will be covered by stain?

Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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For a rectangular prism with dimensions L, W an H, its surface area is 2*(L*W + L*H + W*H).


In this case, surface area = 2*(48*4 + 48*2 + 4*2) square inches.


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