Someone answer thing. it's really important.! tyler asks for a fish tank for his birthday. the tank he wants is a rectangular prism 20.25 inches long. 10.5 inches wide, and 12.5 inches tall. how much wrapping paper will his father need to wrap the fish tank?

1194 inches squared of wrapping paper.

Explanation below:

First, find the area of both the bases. The area of one base would be 20.25 X 10.5 = 212.625. Multiply that by 2 to get both bases: 425.25

Next, get the perimeter and times it by the height. The perimeter is 20.25 + 20.25 + 10.5 + 10.5 = 61.5. 61.5 X 12.5 = 768.75.

Add this value to the base areas and you get the total surface area, 425.25 + 768.75 = 1194.

Hope that helps!

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