Answer:
2. 120 cm^2
3. 3,750 cm^2
Step-by-step explanation:
To find the surface area of a rectangular prism, find the surface area of each side, then add them together.
2. There are two different shapes of faces on this prism (as with all rectangular prisms). One face's surface area has a measure of 4 cm by 6m. To find the surface area of that face, multiply each side length. 4 * 6 = 24. Let's call this length A.
Then, find the surface area of the other face. The other face has a measurement of 4 cm by 3 cm. 4 * 3 = 12. Let's call this length B.
Now, find the amount of each face on the prism. Length A appears 4 times: the front, back, top, and bottom are all the same shape. Length B appears 2 times: the left and right sides. Therefore, multiply length A's surface area by 4 and length B's surface area by 2.
24 * 4 = 96
12 * 2 = 24
Lastly, add both numbers together.
96 + 24 = 120
Adding the label, we get the final answer: 120 cm^2.
3. Now, apply the same steps to problem #3.
One face has a measurement of 45 cm by 25 cm. This means that the surface area of that face is 1,125 cm. Let's call this length A.
The other face has a measurement of 15 by 25. This means that the surface are of that face is 375 cm. Let's call this length B.
Length B appears 4 times, and length A appears twice. Evaluating 375 * 4, we get 1,500. Evaluating 1,125 by 2, we get 2,250.
Lastly, adding 2,250 to 1,500 and adding the label, we get the final answer: 3,750 cm^2.
