Question

Maya and Zack built the tent below in their backyard how much material did they use to build the tent

Answer 1

`Area = 279ft^2`

Explanation:

Given

See attachment for tent

Required

The material needed

This implies that we calculate the surface area of the tent.

This is calculated as:

Area = 2 * Area of Congruent triangles + 2 * Area of Congruent Rectangles + Area of Base Rectangle

So, we have:

`Area = 2 * (1)/(2) * 6 * 8 + 2 * 10.5 * 7 + 10.5 * 8`

`Area = 48 + 147 + 84`

`Area = 279ft^2`