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The Quest for 700: Weekly GMAT Challenge

Each week Manhattan GMAT posts a GMAT question on our blog and follows up with the answer the next day. Are you up for the challenge?

A rectangular solid box is x inches long, y inches wide and z inches tall, where x, y, and z are positive integers, exactly two of which are equal. What is the total surface area of the box?

(1) One face of the box has an area of 9 square inches.

(2) One face of the box has an area of 81 square inches.



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