Terrance needs to find the lateral surface area of the box shown below. Assuming the base is the bottom of the prism, which of the expressions below will give him the correct lateral surface area?

Question

(14.5 +14.5 + 7 + 7)(8.6)

(14.5 + 7)(8.6)

(14.5 +14.5 + 7 + 7)(8.6) + 2(14.5)(7)

(14.5)(7)(8.6)

Answer 1

The correct expression would be the last one: (14.5)(7)(8.6). This takes into account the area of all four sides of the box.