Question

Beth has a wooden box.the inside of the box is 5 inches wife 33 inches lon,and 9 inches deep.the box has no top.beth wants to line the box with felt to protect the items she puts in the box.how many aquare inches of felf will she need

Answer 1

The box has a rectangular base of 5 inches wide and 33 inches long. To protect the items she will need a cover of with the same dimensions: a rectangle of 5 inches wide and 33 inches long. To find its area, we are going to use the area of a rectangle formula:
`A=wl`
where

`A` is the are in square inches

`w` is the width

`l` is the length
Since we know that
`w=5` and
`l=33`, lets replace those values in our formula:

`A=(5)(33)`

`A=165`

We can conclude that Beth will need 165 square inches of felt to protect the items in the box.