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Account for every box face · practice 43

Find the surface area of a closed rectangular box with edge lengths 5.5, 6, and 6.5. Follow the calculation, then test the quantities in the animated example.

Try the question, use a hint when you need one, and compare your reasoning with the worked solution. The animation starts with this chapter’s values; changing its controls explores a new case.

01 · Make a prediction

Your practice question

Find the surface area of a closed rectangular box with edge lengths 5.5, 6, and 6.5.

Use this scratch space or work on paper. Your notes stay on this page and clear when you leave. Answers are for self-checking; they are not automatically graded.

02 · Explore the model

See the mathematical relationship move.

Use Play, Pause, and the timeline to inspect the construction. Reset restores the question’s original settings. The displayed assumptions describe where this model applies.

Watch the relationship

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Account for every box face · practice 43. Faces highlighted: 1. One ab face: 33. One ac face: 35.75. All six faces: square units: 215.5Six outside faces · a schematic net5.5 × 6ab = 335.5 × 6.5ac = 35.756 × 6.5bc = 395.5 × 6ab = 335.5 × 6.5ac = 35.756 × 6.5bc = 39All faces: 215.5 square units
All six faces are included; this is a closed box with negligible thickness. The net is schematic and each face has its own fit-to-cell scale, so read dimensions and area labels rather than comparing displayed areas.

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Make it your experiment

Change one value. Notice what follows.

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Faces highlighted
1
One ab face
33
One ac face
35.75
All six faces: square units
215.5

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From experiment to screen.

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The mathematical idea

Surface area adds the areas of the outside faces rather than measuring the space inside a box. A rectangular prism has three different face products, each appearing twice. A net exposes all six rectangles so hidden faces are not forgotten. Starting quantities: Length = 5.5; Width = 6; Height = 6.5.

S = 2(ab + ac + bc)

03 · Reflect and transfer

Explain what changes and why.

Which area would you subtract if the box had no top?

This is a distinct guided scenario using a reusable mathematical model. Similar-looking diagrams can represent different given values and conclusions; they are not different mathematical theories.