Check the picture below.
notice, the gift box is just 6 rectangles stacked up to each other at the edges,
left and right, two rectangles of 32x40
top and bottom, two rectangles of 25x32
front and back, two rectangles of 25x40
so, just get the area of all 6 rectangles, add them up, and that's the "surface area" of the rectangular prism, and that's how much paper will be needed to cover it.
Answer: <em>x=4</em>
Step-by-step explanation:
<em>1+3x=x+9</em>
<em> -x -x</em>
<em>1+2x=9</em>
<em>-1 -1</em>
<em>2x=8</em>
<em>Divide by 2 on each side</em>
<em>Final result</em>
<em>x=4</em>
Answer:
It landed at a height of 14 feet
Step-by-step explanation:
Given
--- Path of a t-shirt
--- height of bleachers
Required
Height when t-shirts land in bleachers

Make y the subject

Substitute
in 

Multiply through by 24

Express as:


Using a calculator:
or 
x can not be negative:
So:

Substitute
in
to calculate the height it landed

