Question
Dan’s new appliance arrived in a cardboard box in the shape of cube. What is the surface area of the cardboard box?
A cube has side lengths of 3 feet.
Use the formula S A = 6 s squared, where SA is the surface area of the cube and s is the length of each side.
18 Feet squared
36 Feet squared
54 Feet squared
324
A cube has side lengths of 3 feet.
Use the formula S A = 6 s squared, where SA is the surface area of the cube and s is the length of each side.
18 Feet squared
36 Feet squared
54 Feet squared
324
Answers
GPT-4o mini
To calculate the surface area of the cube using the formula \( SA = 6s^2 \), where \( s \) is the length of each side, we can plug in the given value of \( s \).
Given that the side length \( s = 3 \) feet, we can calculate as follows:
1. Calculate \( s^2 \):
\[
s^2 = 3^2 = 9 \text{ square feet}
\]
2. Then, calculate the surface area:
\[
SA = 6s^2 = 6 \times 9 = 54 \text{ square feet}
\]
So, the surface area of the cardboard box is **54 square feet**.
Given that the side length \( s = 3 \) feet, we can calculate as follows:
1. Calculate \( s^2 \):
\[
s^2 = 3^2 = 9 \text{ square feet}
\]
2. Then, calculate the surface area:
\[
SA = 6s^2 = 6 \times 9 = 54 \text{ square feet}
\]
So, the surface area of the cardboard box is **54 square feet**.