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Tom solved the problem a different way. First he found the total area of the floor, and then he multiplied by the height. Does Tom’s method work? Explain.

Tom solved the problem a different way. First he found the total area of the floor-example-1

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No. Tom did indeed do the floor and height right, but he forgot about the roof, making his method incomplete.
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Answer:

no

Explanation:

because the height is not applied when he makes this calculation and it is a six sided structure

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