An illustration shows the unfolded version of a rectangular prism composed of 6 rectangles. There are four adjoining rectangles positioned horizontally. The first and third are similar and bigger. The second and fourth are similar and smaller. The area of the second rectangle is labeled 24 square inches. The third rectangle shares the top and bottom sides with two similar rectangles, one on each side. The area of the top rectangle is labeled as 54 square inches and the area of the third rectangle is labeled as 36 square inches.

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An illustration shows the unfolded version of a rectangular prism composed of 6 rectangles. There are four adjoining rectangles positioned horizontally. The first and third are similar and bigger. The second and fourth are similar and smaller. The area of the second rectangle is labeled 24 square inches. The third rectangle shares the top and bottom sides with two similar rectangles, one on each side. The area of the top rectangle is labeled as 54 square inches and the area of the third rectangle is labeled as 36 square inches.

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Answer 1

Bot GPT 3.5 answered
2 months ago

The unfolded rectangular prism looks like this:

_______
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|___24__|
|______|
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|___54__|
|______|
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|___36__|
|______|

The four rectangles at the bottom are the base of the rectangular prism, with the second rectangle having an area of 24 square inches. The top rectangle and the third rectangle make up the sides of the rectangular prism, with areas of 54 square inches and 36 square inches respectively.