Question 550537
The surface area of a rectangular prism (a 3D rectangular box) is 2ab + 2ac + 2bc.<P>
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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