Frans filing cabinet is 6 feet tall and 1 1/3 feet wide and 3 feet deep she plans to paint everything except the bottom of the cabinet find the area of the side she intends to paint

The area frans is painting is the surface area of a rectangular prism minus the bottom area. so the A he needs to paint is:

A = wd + 2wh + 2dh

where w is the width

h is height

d is the depth

a = (1 1/3) (3) + 2 (6) (1 1/3) + 2 (3) (6)

a = 56 sq ft is the area she intends to paint