A cashier wraps a gift for a customer. The cashier needs to cover a box in the shape of a 6 inch by 9 inch by 2 inch rectangular prism with wrapping paper. How much wrapping paper does the cashier need to cover the entire box?

Yes, Dayson can completely cover the package with wrapping paper.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given: The rectangular prism is 50 centimeters by 20 centimeters by 18 centimeters.

Area of wrapping paper is 1 square meter.

To find: whether he can completely cover the package with wrapping paper

Solution:

Total surface area of the rectangular prism = 2(lb + bh +hl)

where l denotes length, b denotes breadth and h denotes height

Total surface area of the rectangular prism =

As ,

Total surface area of the rectangular prism =

As Dayson has of wrapping paper, he can completely cover the package with wrapping paper.