What is the surface area of the rectangular prism?
To find the surface area of a rectangular prism, you need to calculate the sum of the areas of all its faces.
The formula to find the surface area of a rectangular prism is:
Surface Area = 2lw + 2lh + 2wh
Where l is the length, w is the width, and h is the height of the rectangular prism.
For example, if the length of the rectangular prism is 4 cm, the width is 3 cm, and the height is 5 cm, then the surface area would be:
Surface Area = 2(4)(3) + 2(4)(5) + 2(3)(5)
Surface Area = 24 + 40 + 30
Surface Area = 94 square cm
Therefore, the surface area of the rectangular prism is 94 square cm.
Can you please do it in square inches?
Sure! To convert the surface area into square inches, we need to know the conversion factor between square centimeters (cm^2) and square inches (in^2).
1 square inch is equal to 6.4516 square centimeters.
Therefore, to convert the surface area from square centimeters to square inches:
Surface Area in square inches = 94 cm^2 / 6.4516
Surface Area in square inches ≈ 14.57 in^2
So, the surface area of the rectangular prism is approximately 14.57 square inches.