If Dakota wants to build 8 birdhouses and he needs to paint 6 square feet of plywood for each birdhouse, then the total area fir the 8 bird house will be expressed as:
8 * 6
= 48 sq. feet
Hence the area of 8 bird houses is 46sq. feet
Next is to calculate the amount it will cost to make the 8 bird houses.
Since 1 sq. foot = $0.56
48 sq. feet = y
cross multiply
y * 1 = 48 * 0.56
y = 26.88
Hence it will cost Dakota $26.88 to make hid bird houses
