A library has an aquarium in the shape of a rectangular prism The base is 5 ft by 3ft the height is 6ft how many square feet of glass was used to build the aquarium
The aquarium has six sides, with each side being a rectangle. Therefore, to find the total amount of glass used, we need to find the total area of all six sides.
The base of the aquarium has dimensions of 5 ft by 3 ft, so the area of the base is 5 ft * 3 ft = 15 square ft.
There are four sides with dimensions of 5 ft by 6 ft each, so the total area of these four sides is 4 * (5 ft * 6 ft) = 120 square ft.
There are two sides with dimensions of 3 ft by 6 ft each, so the total area of these two sides is 2 * (3 ft * 6 ft) = 36 square ft.
Adding up the areas of all six sides, we have:
15 square ft + 120 square ft + 36 square ft = 171 square ft.
Therefore, 171 square feet of glass was used to build the aquarium.