An illustration shows a rectangular based pyramid stacked on top of a 3D rectangular prism. The pyramid extends slightly past the prism on both sides. The length of the pyramid that extends past the prism is labeled 2 feet on each side.
The perpendicular height from the apex of the pyramid to the top of the rectangular prism, denoted by a right angle symbol, is 12 feet.
1. What are the dimensions of the house?
2. What is the surface area of the roof that will need to be tiled?
3. If each tile is 12’’ x 24’’, how many tiles will be required to cover the entire roof?
1. To determine the dimensions of the house, we need to find the length, width, and height of the rectangular prism.
Given that the pyramid extends 2 feet on each side, the base of the prism is the same as the base of the pyramid. So, the length of the prism is equal to the length of the pyramid's base plus the extension on both sides:
Length of prism = length of pyramid + 2 feet + 2 feet = length of pyramid + 4 feet
Since the illustration does not provide specific measurements for the pyramid, we do not have enough information to determine the length of the house.
2. To calculate the surface area of the roof, we need to find the area of the rectangular base of the pyramid and the area of the side faces of the pyramid that extend past the prism.
The surface area of the roof will be the sum of the area of the base and the area of the two side faces.
Area of the base = (length of pyramid + 4 feet) x (width of pyramid)
Area of the side faces = 2 x (length of pyramid) x (height of the prism)
Summing these two areas will give us the surface area of the roof.
3. To calculate the number of tiles required to cover the entire roof, we need to divide the surface area of the roof by the area of one tile.
Number of tiles required = Surface area of roof / Area of one tile
However, since we do not have enough information to calculate the surface area of the roof, we cannot determine the number of tiles required.
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1. Since the length of the pyramid that extends past the prism on both sides is labeled as 2 feet, we can deduce that the width of the prism is the same as the width of the pyramid's base plus the extension on both sides:
Width of prism = width of pyramid + 2 feet + 2 feet = width of pyramid + 4 feet
Again, without specific measurements for the pyramid's width, we still do not have enough information to determine the dimensions of the house.
2. To calculate the surface area of the roof that will need to be tiled, we need to find the area of the base of the pyramid and the area of the two side faces of the pyramid that extend past the prism.
Given that the length of the pyramid's base is the same as the width of the prism, we can calculate the surface area of the roof as follows:
Surface area of roof = Area of base + 2 x Area of side faces
= (width of prism x length of prism) + 2 x (width of prism x height of prism)
= (width of pyramid + 4 feet) x (length of prism) + 2 x (width of pyramid + 4 feet) x (height of prism)
Since we do not have the specific measurements for the pyramid's width, length, and height, we still cannot determine the surface area of the roof.
3. Similarly, without knowing the surface area of the roof, we cannot calculate the number of tiles required to cover the entire roof using the given dimensions of each tile.