Question

The inside of a rectangular swimming pool is going to be painted. The pool is 8 feet wide, 25 feet long, and 5 feet deep.

What is the surface area of the five faces to be painted?

Answer 1

total area = 530 ft^2

Explanation:

bottom = 8 x 25 = 200 ft^2

2 sides = 8 x 5 x 2 = 80 ft^2

2 other sides = 25 x 5 x 2 = 250 ft^2

200 + 80 + 250 = 530 ft ^2