Caroline needs to find the surface area of a cereal box fan art project the box is a rectangular prism with a length of 8 in and a height of 12 in and a width of 2 in what is the surface area
The surface area of a rectangular prism can be calculated by adding up the areas of all its faces.
The cereal box has 6 faces:
1. The top face with an area of length x width = 8 in x 2 in = 16 in².
2. The bottom face with the same area as the top face, 16 in².
3. The front face with an area of length x height = 8 in x 12 in = 96 in².
4. The back face with the same area as the front face, 96 in².
5. The left face with an area of width x height = 2 in x 12 in = 24 in².
6. The right face with the same area as the left face, 24 in².
To find the surface area, add up all the areas:
16 in² + 16 in² + 96 in² + 96 in² + 24 in² + 24 in² = 272 in²
Therefore, the surface area of Caroline's cereal box fan art project is 272 square inches.