A student organization is building bird houses to help some of the endangered birds around the Rio Grande. The birdhouse design is a prism with bases that are pentagons and has dimensions shown in the diagram. You need to compute the surface area in m? andft?, to see how much wood will be needed if they are building 5 bird houses. You are also asked to compute the volume of each bird house in m³ andft. 5 in 3 in 6 in. 8 in. 12 in.
A student organization is building bird houses to help some of the endangered birds around the Rio Grande. The birdhouse design is a prism with bases that are pentagons and has dimensions shown in the diagram. You need to compute the surface area in m? andft?, to see how much wood will be needed if they are building 5 bird houses. You are also asked to compute the volume of each bird house in m³ andft. 5 in 3 in 6 in. 8 in. 12 in.
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Transcribed Image Text:A student organization is building bird houses to
help some of the endangered birds around the Rio
Grande. The birdhouse design is a prism with
bases that are pentagons and has dimensions
shown in the diagram. You need to compute the
surface area in m? andft?, to see how much wood
will be needed if they are building 5 bird houses.
You are also asked to compute the volume of each
bird house in m³ andft.
5 in
3 in
6 in.
8 in.
12 in.
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