Question

The children’s museum has a large fish tank with the dimensions shown. The tank does NOT have a cover. What is the surface area of the fish tank?

Answer 1

The answer is 230 square feet lol

Answer 2

The surface area of the fish tank is:

230 square feet

Explanation:

Let l denote the length of tank

and w denote the width of the tank

and h denote the height of the tank.

from the figure we have:

l=10 feet, w=5 feet and h=6 feet

Now, we need to find the surface area of tank such that the tank does not has a cover this means the top face is not there.

Hence, the surface area is calculated as follows:

`Surface\ Area=l* w+2* l* h+2* w* h\\\\\\Surface\ Area=10* 5+2* 10* 6+2* 5* 6\\\\\\Surface\ Area=50+120+60\\\\\\Surface\ Area=230\ \text{square\ feet}`