Question

the surface area of a cube-shaped gift box can be represented by the function A(s) = 6s2, where s is the side length of the box in inches. What does the constant in the function A(s) represent?

Answer 1

Answer: the number of faces on the box

Explanation:

Answer 2

the number of faces of a cube

Explanation:

For an edge length of s, the area of one face of a cube is s^2. The area of all six faces of the cube, the total surface area, is 6s^2. The number 6 represents the number of congruent faces of a cube.