Question

The tent shown below is on display at a toy store.



What is the total surface area of the tent in square feet? Assume no material is used on the bottom of the tent.

Answer 1

Hi! Do you want the answer or to know how to solve it?

Answer 2

Answer and explanation if that would be ok.

Answer 3

Ok. let's start with something easier. do you know how to calculate the area of a cube?

Answer 4

Yes

Answer 5

how?

Answer 6

6 * a ^ 2

Answer 7

Ok, what you did is to get the area of each face and then add them up. right?

Answer 8

You need to do the same with this problem.

Answer 9

So the area of the rectangle would be 120 ?

Answer 10

there is several rectangles, which one?

Answer 11

I got 234 ft^2 for the total areal

Answer 12

How ?

Answer 13

(9*4)*2 + (6*4)*2 + (5*9)*2 + (4*3)*2

Answer 14

Ok. I see how you got it.
Thankyou very much

Answer 15

You're welcome =). A meddal doesn't hurt =P

Answer 16

haha Thank you!

Answer 17

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