A large game cube with a five inch side length is wrapped with shrink wrap. How many square centimeters of shrink wrap will be used to wrap one game cube?

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Answer:

967.80 square centimeters is needed

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

Shape: Cube

[tex]Length = 5\ in[/tex]

Required

Determine the surface area of the wrapper

To do this, we simply calculate the surface area of the cube.

[tex]Area = 6L^2[/tex]

[tex]Area = 6*5^2[/tex]

[tex]Area = 6*25[/tex]

[tex]Area = 150\ in^2[/tex]

Convert to square centimeters

[tex]Area = 150 * 6.452cm^2[/tex]

[tex]Area = 967.80\ cm^2[/tex]

967.80 square centimeters is needed