Question

Please help!!



The exterior walls of a regular pentagon shaped courthouse must be painted. Each wall of the courthouse is 80ft by 18ft. How much paint is necessary?

Answer 1

I think 7200ft of paint is needed. I may be wrong.

Answer 2

Okay. How did you come up with that?

Answer 3

Well I multiplied 80 times 18 then I multiplied the answer by 5. Because a pentagon has 5 sides.

Answer 4

That would make sense. I couldn't figure out if I was looking for the perimeter or not

Answer 5

You needed to find the area of one wall and multiply by 5. I was glad to help.

Answer 6

Thank you!!

Answer 7

Your welcome!!!