A box is to be wrapped in a shiny red decorative paper.the box is 9 inches long 5 inches wide and 4 inches high.what is the minimum amount of decorative paper needed to cover the box

Answer 1

Draw a figure!

There are 6 surfaces to add.

4 of them have area 9*5 and 2 have area 5*4.

You should be able now to compute the surface areas.