SOLUTION: how do you find the surface area of rectangle with the length of 5 inches a width and height 7 inches

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Question 894968: how do you find the surface area of rectangle with the length of 5 inches a width and height 7 inches
Found 2 solutions by richwmiller, harpazo:
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Rectangles have two dimensions not three.
A rectangular prism (a brick for example) has three dimensions length width and height

Answer by harpazo(655) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let a = 5
Let b = 7
Let c = 7
Use Surface Area of a Rectangular Prism = 2ab + 2bc + 2ac
Just plug and chug.