A crate with no lid is shaped like a cube with sides that are 0.8 m long. What is the surface area of the crate?
0.8 * 0.8 * 5 = ______ cubic meters
Oops -- except the answer should be in SQUARE meters.
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Yeah I managed to figure that out :)
To find the surface area of the crate, we need to calculate the area of each of its six sides and then add them together.
Since the crate is shaped like a cube, all of its sides have the same length of 0.8 m.
The formula for calculating the surface area of a cube is: Surface Area = 6 * (Side Length)^2
In this case, Side Length = 0.8 m. Plugging it into the formula, we have:
Surface Area = 6 * (0.8)^2 = 6 * 0.64 = 3.84 square meters
Therefore, the surface area of the crate is 3.84 square meters.