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A rectangular prism has a surface area of 160 square centimeters. The length of the prism is 10 centimeters and its height is 5 centimeters. Find the width of the prism.
2 centimeters
4 centimeters
6 centimeters
8 centimeters

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Surface area = 2(LW + LH + WH) = 160, so LW + LH + WH = 80.

With L = 10 and H = 5:
10W + 10·5 + 5W = 80 → 15W + 50 = 80 → 15W = 30 → W = 2.

Answer: 2 centimeters.