Acube-shaped item needs to be painted. the item’s edge length is 2 centimeters. what is the total surface area that will be painted? 16 cm² 24 cm² 32 cm² 48 cm²

For this case, what we must do is find the surface area of the cube.
 By definition, the surface area of a cube is given by:
 
 Where,
 L: length of the sides of the cube.
 Substituting values we have:
 
 
 The total surface area that will be painted is:
 24 cm²