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OpenStudy (anonymous):

a painter need to cover a triangular region 63 meters by 68 meters by 75 meters a can of paint covers 70 square meters how many cans will be needed

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Here, you can use Heron's formula to find the area since you don't have a value for height. Heron's Formula: \[A=\sqrt{s(s-a)(s-b)(s-c)}\] The "s" is the semiperimeter, which is half of the perimeter, in this case 103. Plugging this into the equation: \[A=\sqrt{103(103-63)(103-68)(103-75)}\] Simplify to \[A=\sqrt{103(40)(35)(28)}\] This becomes: \[A=\sqrt{4037600}\] This is approximately 2009. Since we know the area is 2009, dividing by 70 will gives us the required number of cans. 2009/70=28.705 Since in this situation we need a whole number of paint cans, round up to get 29.

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