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The surface area of a cuboid is the area of all the six faces of a cuboid. The Paint that is required to paint 3 boxes is 13 pints.
<h3>What is the surface area of a cuboid?</h3>The surface area of a cuboid is the area of all the six faces of a cuboid. It is given by the formula,
As it is given the dimensions of the storage box are a length of 8 feet, a width of 5 1/2 feet(5.5 feet), and a height of 4 1/2 feet(4.5 feet). Therefore, the surface area of the box can be written as,
As it is given that the surface area that can be covered with a pint of paint is 50 square feet, therefore, the paint that will be required to paint 209 square feet is,
Now, we know that the surface area of the box is 209 square feet, while the paint required to paint a complete box is 4.19, therefore, the paint that will be required to paint 3 boxes will be,
Hence, the Paint that is required to paint 3 boxes is 13 pints.
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