The package shown is shaped like a right rectangular prism. every side of the package will be covered with gift wrap, except the bottom side. how many square inches of gift wrap will be needed? enter your answer in the box. in² the figure is a right rectangular prism. the length of the base is 16 inches, and the width of the base is 10 inches. the height of the prism is 12 inches.

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You would need to find the total surface area of the box excluding that one side, so what you would do is, 
Multiply the height and length of the box to get the long side pieces (12*16) you'd do this twice as you have 2 long side pieces needed, next you would
Multiply the width by the height to get the short end pieces (12*10) and you would do this twice again, and lastly you would
Multiply the length and width together to get the large top piece (16*10) which you would only do once. 
After multiplying all these you would add them together and would get 
(192+192+120+120+160) which would give you 784.
Your answer would be 784 in^2. (784 inches squared)

a - base

b - exponent

so,

the base is 8the exponent is 3the exponent tells you to multiply 8 together three timesthe expanded form is 8*8*8