Question

Which of the following is a situation where finding neither the lateral area nor the surface area would be appropriate?

Answer 1

Determining how many bricks are needed to build a pyramid with a brick floor.
Determining how much stucco is needed to stucco the walls and roof of a building.
Determining how much paint is needed to entirely paint a pyramid-shaped ornament.
Determining how much paint is needed to paint the walls of your bedroom.

Answer 2

bricks one because bricks would involve 3-d representation,
stucco and paint only require the coverage of the surface area

Answer 3

So what's the answer?

Answer 4

the bricks I gave additional information as to why I would not pick the others. Learning is alot more than just the final answer, the process is as important

Answer 5

I'm sorry ;/ I did not want to sound like i just wanted the answer I just didn't really understand what you said. I thought you meant it had to be a choice where bricks and stacco and paint were included. Sorry about that :p

Answer 6

not a problem, when I answer a question, sometimes it helps to include the logic.
You are covering an area like a wall, stucco and paint is surface area.
bricks would add depth (ie make the wall thicker because of it thickness), you can control the thickness of paint and stucco

Answer 7

Ok, Thank you very much^^

Answer 8

Just to clarify the answer is A right? xD

Answer 9

yes