Question

you just bought a fish tank that is 30 in long 18 in wide and 13 in tall. how many square inches of glass are used if the sides and the bottom are made of glass?

Answer 1

7,020 inches
Length x width x height = volume

Answer 2

Number of square inches glasses = 1788

Explanation:

Formula

Surface area of cuboid = 2(lb + lh + bh)

l - Length of cuboid

b - Breadth of cuboid

h - Height of cuboid

To find the number of glasses needed

Here fish tank is like a open cuboid, we have to find the surface area of top open cuboid.

Here l = 30 in , b = 18 in and h = 13 in

Surface area = 2(lb + lh + bh) - lb

= 2[(30 * 18) + ( 30 * 13) + (18 * 13)] - (30 * 18)

= 2[540 + 390 + 234] - 540

= 2[1164] - 540

= 1788 square inches

Number of square inches glasses = 1788