Question

Here is a picture of a cube, and the net of this cube.

What is the surface area of this cube?

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ft²
A cube and a net of the cube are shown. The edge length of the cube is labeled 16 feet. The net consists of 4 squares connected vertically, and 1 square is attached to the right of the third square and 1 square is attached to the left of the second square. One square in the net is labeled with a side labeled 16 feet.

Answers

GPT-4o mini
To calculate the surface area of a cube, you can use the formula:

\[
\text{Surface Area} = 6s^2
\]

where \( s \) is the length of an edge of the cube.

In this case, the edge length \( s \) is given as 16 feet.

Now, plug in the value of \( s \):

\[
\text{Surface Area} = 6(16^2)
\]

First, calculate \( 16^2 \):

\[
16^2 = 256
\]

Now multiply by 6:

\[
\text{Surface Area} = 6 \times 256 = 1536 \text{ ft}^2
\]

Therefore, the surface area of the cube is \( \boxed{1536} \) ft².