SOLUTION: You are designing a container for oatmeal. Your design is a rectangular prism with a height of 12in, a width of 8in, and a depth of 3in. What is the surface area?

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Question 850254: You are designing a container for oatmeal. Your design is a rectangular prism with a height of 12in, a width of 8in, and a depth of 3in. What is the surface area?
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Answer by harpazo(655) (Show Source):
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Use the area of a Rectangular Prism formula which is = 2ab + 2bc + 2ac.

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source):
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You are designing a container for oatmeal. Your design is a rectangular prism with a height of 12in, a width of 8in, and a depth of 3in. What is the surface area?

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In this case,

L = 3
W = 8
H = 12

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The surface area is 312 square inches