document.write( "Question 134058: Will a single sheet of paper which measures 28.25\" by 25.5\" be enough to wrap a box which is a foot long, a foot wide, and a foot high?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "please help me. \n" ); document.write( "

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You need to find the surface area of the box. And then see if the area of the paper is at least that big.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The box is 1foot by 1 foot by 1 foot \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So each \"side\" of the box is 1 square foot. A box is a cube, which has 6 sides.
\n" ); document.write( "The paper is given in inches, so we need to convert the box into inches too.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Each side of the box is 12 * 12 = 144 square inches.
\n" ); document.write( "Ther are 6 sides.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Total surface area of the box is $\"6%2A144\"$ = 864 square inches\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "How many sqaure inches of paper do you have?
\n" ); document.write( " $\"28.25+%2A+25.2\"$ = 711 square inches. \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The box has more surface area than the wrapping paper.
\n" ); document.write( "You can't fully wrap the box. \n" ); document.write( "

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