document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=597281>Question 597281</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> serena is wrapping a gift for her brothers birthday. the package measures 20 inches x 14.5 inches x 23.7 inches. how much wrappin paper does she need to wrap the gift?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a) 6873.0<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b) 2215.3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c) 1107.7<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d) 58.2 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "There are six surfaces on a rectangular solid.  Two of them have a surface area of length times width, two have a surface area of lenghth times height, and two have a surface area of width times height.  The total surface area is the sum of those six areas, so:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ SA\ =\ 2lw\ +\ 2lh\ +\ 2wh\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Do the arithmetic.  Recognize that if she only has the amount you calculate, then there won't be any overlap of the paper -- in other words, this is a poorly constructed problem.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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