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If the area of a face of a cuboid is one quarter of the area of each of the other two visible faces, what is the area of these faces?
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The total surface area of the cuboid is $72\text{cm}^2$. What is the area of one of the unshaded faces of the cuboid?
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Answer: 16 cm$^2$
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