A prism has a surface area of 75 ft2.

Which sentence describes the effect of measuring the surface area in square inches?

A.
The surface area decreases.

B.
The surface area increases.

C.
The surface area stays the same, but the number representing the surface area decreases.

D.
The surface area stays the same, but the number representing the surface area increases.

Question

A prism has a surface area of 75 ft2. 

Which sentence describes the effect of measuring the surface area in square inches?
  
 
 

 
 

  

  A. 
  The surface area decreases.   
   

 
 

  

  B. 
  The surface area increases.   
   

 
 

  

  C. 
  The surface area stays the same, but the number representing the surface area decreases.   
   

 
 

  

  D. 
  The surface area stays the same, but the number representing the surface area increases.

kittiwitti1 · Answer

Did you give me a medal for the last one? xD
Lol, I'm kidding. Don't give me one just cause I said so.

As feet are made up of inches, to get inches you would have to MULTIPLY, which INCREASES the value... but the volume does not increase. Since you didn't add to the volume, the volume is STATIC (not changing).
The answer is D.

directrix · Answer

@needhelpplease112233 

One square foot is 144 square inches.

75 square feet would be 10800 square inches.

75 square feet is the same measure as 10800 square inches in the same sense that 5 pennies is equal to 1 nickel.

The problem is about surface area, not volume.

The surface area is constant (stays the same) although 10,800 is a larger number than 75 when both measures are stripped of their units.

anonymous · Answer

The surface area stays the same, but the number representing the surface area increases.

anonymous · Answer

hey d is the right answer:)

kittiwitti1 · Answer

*clings to medal*
MIIIIINE.

(Lol jk give it to Directrix or Azonto, I don't care)

anonymous · Answer

:):):)lol

anonymous · Answer

Thanks!