Question: GEOMETRY help? find the volume and total area of...\na cube base=6", length=4", & height=2"?\n\nok if you can help it would be awsome, every one is like do it yourself, and i tried really hard and its like impossible for me, you think ill do bad on the test but i am homeschooled and this is a part of my test..my time is running out.. i just wanna graduate!!

Answer: if those are the dimensions, then it is not a cube. a cube has equal dimensions all the way around:\n\nbase = length = height \n\nthis is a rectangular prism\n\nvolume = base * height * length\n\nvolume = 6 * 4 * 2\n\nvolume = 48 cubic inches\n\n\nthe surface area would be the area of the six rectangles that make up the "skin" of the prism.\n\ntwo rectangles will have an area of: 6 * 4 = 24\ntwo rectangles will have an area of: 4 * 2 = 8\ntwo rectangles will have an area of: 2 * 6 = 12\n\ntherefore the total surface area will be:\n\n= 2(24) + 2(8) + 2(12)\n= 48 + 16 + 24\n= 88 square inches
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