Caroline needs to find the surface area of a cereal box for an art project. The box is a rectangular prism with a length of 8 inches, a height of 12 inches, and a width of 2 inches. What is its surface area?(1 point)
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The surface area of a rectangular prism can be found by adding the areas of all six faces.
The front and back faces have a length of 8 inches and a height of 12 inches, so each face has an area of 8 * 12 = 96 square inches.
The top and bottom faces have a length of 8 inches and a width of 2 inches, so each face has an area of 8 * 2 = 16 square inches.
The left and right faces have a height of 12 inches and a width of 2 inches, so each face has an area of 12 * 2 = 24 square inches.
Adding up all the face areas: 96 + 96 + 16 + 16 + 24 + 24 = 272
Therefore, the surface area of the cereal box is 272 square inches.