anything as long as its on the surface area
Square inches seems a good bet.
Surface area would be measured in square inches or square feet. This is the area of a flat surface, like a desk top. Volume is the inside area, like inside a balloon. This would be measured in cubic inches or feet (inches x inches x inches).
Surface area
5 inches.
The question is somewhat puzzling. The surface area of a box is not sufficient information to determine its shape and, therefore, its size. Furthermore, surface area would not be given as 480 cubic inches since that is not a measure of area (but of volume). On the other hand, if the box has a volume of 480 cubic inches, the answer, becomes trivial. 480 inch cubes = 480 cubic inches. Rocket science!
You would use square inches if you were trying to measure the area of a 2D shape.
No. In fact, surface area is never measured in inches.
The area of a rectangle is calculated by multiplying its length by its width. In this case, the area of the rectangular surface would be 0.640 inches x 1.14 inches = 0.7296 square inches.
== == Side s = 2.5 inches Surface area a = 6 x s x s = 6 x 2.5 x 2.5 = 37.5 square inches
The total surface area is 606.32 square inches. The lateral surface area is 405.25 square inches.
The total surface area is 400.21 square inches. The lateral surface area is 287.11 square inches.