Question

Henry stores the arrowheads he has found in a box the shape of a rectangular prism. The box is 14 inches long, 12 inches wide, and 2 inches high. He plans to paint the exterior of the box. How many square inches does he have to paint?

Pls help it would be very helpful

Answer 1

272 square inches

Explanation:

Find the surface area

Surface area =

12 * 2 + 12 * 2, (front & back sides)

14 * 2 + 14 * 2, (right & left sides)

12 * 14, (bottom)

24 + 24 + 28 + 28 + 168

48 + 56 + 168

= 272