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Melissa wants to cover a footrest in the shape of a rectangular prism with cotton fabric. The footrest is 14 inches by 8 inches by 9 inches. She has 1 square yard of fabric. Can she completely cover the​ footrest? Explain.
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Melissa has 1 yd squared of​ fabric, which is
  
enter your response here in squared. The footrest has a surface area of
  
enter your response here in squared.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Yes. 1 yd^2 = 36 in × 36 in = 1296 in^2.
The footrest surface area = 2(14·8 + 14·9 + 8·9) = 2(112 + 126 + 72) = 620 in^2.

Since 1296 in^2 > 620 in^2, she can completely cover the footrest.