SOLUTION: If the surface area of a rectangular prism is 52,the height is 3, and the side lengths are integers, what is the volume?

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Question 1089087: If the surface area of a rectangular prism is 52,the height is 3, and the side lengths are integers, what is the volume?
Answer by ikleyn(52781) About Me  (Show Source):
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The only two possibilities for the rest two dimensions are

    1)  a = 4,  b = 2,    or
    2)  a = 2,  b = 4.

The volume is 4*2*3 = 24 in both cases.

Answer. The volume is 24 cubic units.

Solved.