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The amount of paint which will Becca need to paint the birdhouse in 1 coat is 418 cm².
What is surface area?
Surface area of any solid or the 3 dimensional body is the area of each faces by which the solid body is enclosed.
The surface area of rectangular prism can be given as,
[tex]SA=2(wl+hl+hw)[/tex]
Here, (w) is the width, (h) is the height and (l) is the length of the prism.
Becca is painting a birdhouse. The shape of the birdhouse is similar to rectangular prism with dimensions as, height of 13cm, a width of 5 cm, and a length of 8cm.
Now Becca wants to paint this house using 1 coat. As this paint has to be cover each surface of the house. Thus the amount of total paint should be equal to the surface area of the house.
Here, the dimensions of house is as, height of 13cm, a width of 5 cm, and a length of 8cm. Therefore the surface area of it is,
[tex]SA=2(5\times8+13\times8+13\times5)\\SA=418\rm cm^2[/tex]
Hence, the amount of paint which will Becca need to paint the birdhouse in 1 coat is 418 cm².
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