Question

Which of the following is a situation where finding the surface area would be appropriate?

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 water is needed to fill a rectangular tank.

Determining how much paint is needed to paint the walls of your bedroom.

Answer 1

@dpaInc can you help me

Answer 2

@siddhantsharan

Answer 3

which one do you think it is?

Answer 4

i have no idea , i dont get it a bit :(

Answer 5

or maybe b or c i guess

Answer 6

so do you know?

Answer 7

well it looks like there could be more than 1 answer with those choices....
but definitely, 1 of those choices refers to volume an not surface area... don't pick that one... do you know which one refers to volume?

Answer 8

would it be the first one

Answer 9

i was thinking more of choice c is referring to volume because of the word fill... so i'd say DON'T choose that...

Answer 10

and as for the others, they're very similar... but if i had to guess, i'd go with your choice of B....

Answer 11

yea thats what i am thinking too