Question

ABC paint company needs to paint the outside of the building shown. They will also need to paint the roof. What is the surface area that needs to be painted?

3,100 ft 2
4,600 ft 2
4,100 ft 2
4,300 ft 2
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Answer 1

3,100 ft^2

Explanation:

Answer 2

3100ft

Explanation:

There are 2 sides to the prism that have an area of 50ft * 10ft or 500ft. The total of those will be 500ft * 2 or 1000ft. There are 2 more sides to the prism that have an area of 30ft * 10ft or 300ft. The total would be 300ft * 2 or 600ft. Then the last two sides to the prism have an area of 50ft * 30ft or 1500ft. Since we're imagining this prism to be a house, you can't paint the floor (well, I guess you could but I think they want us to leave that part out because you can't pick the house up to paint the bottom that would be ridiculous). So the surface area is each area added, or 1000ft + 600ft + 1500ft = 3100ft.