Question

A brand of uncooked spaghetti comes in a box that is a rectangular prism with a length of 10 inches, a width of 3 inches, and a height of 4 1/2 inches. What is the surface area?

Answer 1

Answer:

The surface area is 177 square inches

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

$Length = 10$

$Width = 3$

$Height = 4\frac{1}{2}$

Required

The surface area

This is calculated as:

$Area = 2 * (Length * Width + Length * Height + Width * Height)$

So, we have:

$Area = 2 * (10* 3+ 10* 4\frac{1}{2}+ 3* 4\frac{1}{2})$

$Area = 2 * (30+ 45+ 13\frac{1}{2})$

$Area = 2 * (88\frac{1}{2})$

$Area = 177$