Question

John wanted to cover this pizza box with butcher paper with no overlap, how many square inches in paper would he need?

Answer 1

The box is a square prism; therefore, its surface area is given by the formula below

`\begin{gathered} A=2l^2+4lh \\ l\rightarrow\text{ side of the square base} \\ h\rightarrow\text{ height} \end{gathered}`

Therefore, in our case,

`A=2*9^2+4*2*9=162+72=234`

Thus, the answer is 234in^2