SOLUTION: The problem is talking about surface area and the number for height is 2ft and for length is 3ft and the width is 3ft and the answer i got is 48ft squared

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Question 550537: The problem is talking about surface area and the number for height is 2ft and for length is 3ft and the width is 3ft and the answer i got is 48ft squared
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The surface area of a rectangular prism (a 3D rectangular box) is 2ab + 2ac + 2bc.


In this problem call a = 2, b=3, c=3.
The surface area is 2*2*3 + 2*2*3 + 2*3*3 = 12 + 12 + 18 = 42 square feet.

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