Question

For a school art project, Kali has 604 square tiles measuring 1 inch on each side. She plans to use the tiles to completely cover the box in the shape of a rectangular prism shown below. (FORMULA: Surface Area = 2lw + 2lh + 2wh) Which statement about Kali's tiles is true? Group of answer choices Kali needs 476 more tiles to completely cover the box. Kali needs 104 more tiles to completely cover the box. Kali will have 534 tiles left after completely covering the box. Kali will have 250 tiles left after comp

Answer 1

Kali needs 104 more tiles to completely cover the box.

Explanation:

Length of box = 20 in

Breadth of box = 6 in

Height of box= 9 in

Total surface area of box = 2lw + 2lh + 2wh

Total surface area of box = 2(20)(6) + 2(20)(9) + 2(6)(9)

Total surface area of box = 708 sq. in.

Side of tile = 1 in

Area of 1 tile =
`Side^2 = 1^2 = 1 sq. in`

Area of 604 tiles = 604 sq. in.

Area remain uncovered = 708 - 604 = 104 sq.in.

So, Kali needs 104 more tiles to completely cover the box.