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Question 935018: I guess I am not completely understanding this problem, but the question is you are painting a monument, a rectangular prism. The height and width is given to me (width = 30) (height = 40) and the question asks for the amount of paint needed to pain the sides of the monument, in square feet. So do I just solve for the area of the rectangular prism? The question does not provide any more details than that.
Found 2 solutions by Fombitz, MathTherapy:
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Yes, you'd paint the 4 sides and the top but not the bottom.
Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

I guess I am not completely understanding this problem, but the question is you are painting a monument, a rectangular prism. The height and width is given to me (width = 30) (height = 40) and the question asks for the amount of paint needed to pain the sides of the monument, in square feet. So do I just solve for the area of the rectangular prism? The question does not provide any more details than that.


With the given information, you can calculate the area of the 2 sides (left and right), but nothing else. 

This results in 2(30)(40), or  sq feet of space to be painted. 

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