Answer:
The surface area is 88ft.
Just to let you know just in case if you have the same question is that the formula of finding the surface area of a rectangular prism is A = 2(wl + hl + hw)
This question is solved applying the formula of the area of the rectangle, and finding it's width. To do this, we solve a quadratic equation, and we get that the cardboard has a width of 1.5 feet.
Area of a rectangle:
The area of rectangle of length l and width w is given by:

w(2w + 3) = 9
From this, we get that:

Solving a quadratic equation:
Given a second order polynomial expressed by the following equation:
.
This polynomial has roots
such that
, given by the following formulas:
In this question:


Thus a quadratic equation with 
Then


Width is a positive measure, thus, the width of the cardboard is of 1.5 feet.
Another similar problem can be found at brainly.com/question/16995958
#1 : ( 3 , - 2 )
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#2 : ( - 1 , 4 )
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I hope that helps you out!!
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~Zoey
Answer: Each kid will receive one piece of cake and 1 hot dog, so 43 x 2 = 86
Step-by-step explanation:
43x2= 86