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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.
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Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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Yes, you'd paint the 4 sides and the top but not the bottom.

Answer by MathTherapy(10552) About Me  (Show Source):
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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 highlight_green%282400%29 sq feet of space to be painted.