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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 smaller. The top of the first rectangle is labeled 2 feet. The second and fourth are similar and bigger. The fourth rectangle is labeled 8 feet on the right side. The second rectangle shares the top and bottom sides with two similar rectangles, one on each side. The top rectangle is labeled as 5 feet on the top side.

Use this net to find the surface area of the rectangular prism it represents.

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Responses

80 ft.2
80 ft squared

30 ft.2
30 ft squared

132 ft.2
132 ft squared

66 ft.2
66 ft squared
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Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

To find the surface area of the rectangular prism represented by this net, we need to calculate the area of each individual rectangle and then add them up.

- The two smaller rectangles have dimensions 2ft by 5ft, so their area is 2ft * 5ft = 10ft^2 each.
- The two larger rectangles have dimensions 8ft by 5ft, so their area is 8ft * 5ft = 40ft^2 each.
- The top and bottom rectangles have dimensions 8ft by 2ft, so their area is 8ft * 2ft = 16ft^2 each.

Adding all these areas together:

10ft^2 + 10ft^2 + 40ft^2 + 40ft^2 + 16ft^2 + 16ft^2 = 132ft^2

Therefore, the surface area of the rectangular prism represented by this net is 132 ft^2.

So the correct answer is:

132 ft.2
132 ft squared