Question

Michael has a fish tank that has a length of 7 inches,a width of 6 inches and a height of 8 inches. What is the total surface area of the fish tank

Answer 1

292 inches^2

Explanation:

So to start off this is a picture of the fish tank.

Next we will find the area of the bottom and top rectangles.

The side lenghts for those two is 7 and 8.

So the area of one is 56 and the area of 2 is 112 inches^2.

Now we will find the area of the left and right rectangles.

The side lenghts are 6 and 8.

So the area of 2 is 96 inches^2.

Now for the front and back rectangles.

The side lenghts for those two are 6 and 7.

So the area of both is 84 inches^2.

So after adding all the areas up the surface area is 292 inches^2.