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Question

What is the surface area of the rectangular solid shown below?
3 cm 17 cm 6 cm

A rectangular prism has length 17 c-m, width 3 c-m and height 6 c-m.
A.26 cm^2

B.171 cm^2

C.306^2

D.342^2

Answer 1

To find the surface area of a rectangular prism, you need to calculate the area of all six faces and add them together.

The formula for the surface area of a rectangular prism is:

SA = 2lw + 2lh + 2wh

Where l, w, and h are the length, width, and height, respectively.

Plugging in the numbers from the problem gives:

SA = 2(17)(3) + 2(17)(6) + 2(3)(6)
SA = 102 + 204 + 36
SA = 342 cm^2

Therefore, the answer is D. 342 cm^2.