Answer to Question #240128 in Civil and Environmental Engineering for Mr. Lee

Question

A 12 cm x 14 cm x 6cm box is to be completely wrapped with a foil. Determine the required area of foil.

Answer 1

The surface area of a foil is the sum of the areas of all the faces of the box.

 

Let length = x=12

Let width = y=6

Let height = h=14

 

SA = 2xy + 2xh + 2yh

 

Plug in the given values into the formula to find the area.

 

$SA = 2(12)(6) + 2(12)(14) + 2(6)(14)$

$SA= 648cm$