Question

4. A private swimming pool needs to have the side walls and the bottom resealed with waterproof coating. The pool is measured 16 m long, 8 m wide and 2 m deep. What is the area that need to be resealed?


`solve`
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Answer 1

224 sq m

Explanation:

We are basically finding surface area of a rectangular prism, minus the top side

`2(2)(8) + 2(16)(2) + 16(8)`

Simplify:

`32 + 64 + 128 = 224`