Big Ideas Math: Modeling Real Life, Grade 7
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1. Surface Areas of Prisms
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Exercise 9 Page 413

Remember the formulas for the volume of a prism and the surface area of a prism.

324m^2

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We want to calculate the surface area of the given prism.

To calculate the surface area of a rectangular prism, we can use the following formula. S=2l w+2l h+2wh The terms represent the area of the three possible different sized faces. Each term is multiplied by 2 because opposite faces on a rectangular prism have equal dimensions. We are given that l= 6, w= 16, and h= 3, so we have enough information to calculate the value of S.
S=2l w+2l h+2wh
S=2( 6)( 16)+2( 6)( 3)+2( 16)( 3)
S=192+36+96
S=324
The surface area is 324m^2.