SOLUTION: Brett has a box that has edges 2.5 meters long. He plans to paint the outside of all sides, including top and bottom, of this box. Before buying the paint, he needs to know the are
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Question 1206499: Brett has a box that has edges 2.5 meters long. He plans to paint the outside of all sides, including top and bottom, of this box. Before buying the paint, he needs to know the area of the surface he plans to paint. What is the outside surface area of this box?
A.
6.25 m2
B.
31.25 m2
C.
62.50 m2
D.
37.50 m2
You can put this solution on YOUR website! each edge of the box is 2.5 meters.
the area of each side is therefore 2.5^2 = 6.25 square meters.
there are 6 sides to the box.
the area to be painted is therefore 6.25 * 6 = 37.5 square meters.
that would be selection D.
