Now, find the area of one of the bases of the prism highlighted in the image.

Question

Net of rectangular prism with side lengths labeled. The length of the longer rectangle is made up of the side lengths 2 units, 6 units, 2 units and 6 units. The width of the long rectangle is 4 units. One of the bases, measuring 6 units by 2 units, is highlighted.
The area of the long rectangle is 64 square units.

The area of one base is
square units.

Answer 1

To find the area of one of the bases of the prism, we first need to use the dimensions of the highlighted base. The highlighted base is a rectangle with dimensions 6 units (length) and 2 units (width).

The area \( A \) of a rectangle is given by the formula:

\[ A = \text{length} \times \text{width} \]

Substituting the values of the highlighted base:

\[ A = 6 , \text{units} \times 2 , \text{units} = 12 , \text{square units} \]

Thus, the area of one base of the prism is \( 12 \) square units.