how many square feet of cardboard does jessica have to make a rectangular prism if she has a length of 16 inches a width of 9 inches and a height of 4 inches??
+128475 I assume you have a prism with a length of 16 inches, a width of 9 inches and a height of 4 inches and you want to know the surface area
1st...convert these to feet
16 in = 1 + 1/3 ft = 4/3 ft
9 in = 3/4 ft
4 in = 1/3 ft
And the surface area =
2 [ 4/3 * 3/4 + 4/3 * 1/3 + 3/4* 1/3 ] =
2 [ 1 + 4/9 + 1/4 ] =
2 [ ( 36 + 16 + 9 ) / 36 ] =
(1/18) ( 61) =
(61 / 18) sq ft ≈ 3.38 sq ft.
