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Geometry and Trigonometry Difficulty: Hard

A right rectangular prism has a length of 28 centimeters cm, a width of 15 cm, and a height of 16 cm. What is the surface area, in cm2, of the right rectangular prism?

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Explanation

The correct answer is 2,216 . The surface area of a prism is the sum of the areas of all its faces. A right rectangular prism consists of six rectangular faces, where opposite faces are congruent. It's given that this prism has a length of 28 cm, a width of 15 cm, and a height of 16 cm. Thus, for this prism, there are two faces with area 2815 cm2, two faces with area 2816 cm2, and two faces with area 1516 cm2. Therefore, the surface area, in cm2, of the right rectangular prism is 22815+22816+21516, or 2,216 .