Use the image to answer the question.
An illustration shows a candy snack with a height of 1.5 inches and length of 2 inches. The candy wrapper fans out on both ends in a triangular fashion and extends 1 inch each.
The Snack Company is releasing a new bite-size trail mix snack bar that will come individually wrapped in a box. The company wants to show an actual-size picture of the bar on the outside of the box.
The image shows the actual-size dimensions of each snack item. What is the area that the picture will take up on the box? Assume the cellophane wrappers fan out in a triangular shape. Write your answer in decimal form and round the answer to the nearest tenth.
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The actual-size picture of the snack item will take up an area of 4.5 in² on the box when taking into account the fanned-out cellophane wrappers.
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