Q:

It is Jamie’s birthday and her mom just bought her an Xbox. She’s trying to find the surface area of the box so she can determine how much wrapping paper to use. The box is 24 inches long 12 inches wide and 10 launch is high what is the surface area of Jamie’s new Xbox?

Accepted Solution

A:
The dimensions of the box are given 24 inches long, 12 inches wide, and 10 inches high. The box is in the shape of a rectangular prism. We know the formula of surface area of rectangular prism is given by :- [tex] Surface\;\; area = 2*(lw+wh+hl) [/tex]where l is length, w is width, and h is height of the rectangular prism.We can plug the given values l = 24, w = 12, and h = 10 into the formula and solve it for answer.Surface area = 2 x (24x12 + 12x10 + 10x24)Surface area = 2 x (288 + 120 + 240)Surface area = 2 x 648 Surface area = 1296 squared inches.So she needs 1296 squared inches of wrapping paper.Hence, the final answer is 1296 squared inches.