An artist is painting the outside of the box shown below. The top and bottom will NOT be painted. What is the total surface area that the artist will be painting?

15 square feet

Step-by-step explanation:

Multiply 1.5 by 3 which equals 4.5

Multiply 1.5 by 2 which equals 3

Add the above answers (4.5 plus 3)

Then multiply by 2 (7.5 times 2)

It equals 15

I hope this helps and that this is the right problem. There is no picture shown but I just did this problem for someone else so I thought I would take a shot at it :)

49/6 is going to equal 8 1/6

wait this depends wether emily and zach how they are thinking.

yes they are the same.