The number of btus which are needed to cool Lucia’s apartment shown in the three-dimensional model are 20,400 btus.
Volume of rectangular prism is the amount of quantity, which is obtained in it in the 3 dimensional space.
Volume of a rectangular prism is the product of its width, height and length.
[tex]V=w\times h\times l[/tex]
Here, (w) is the width of the base (l) is the length and (h) is the height of the rectangular prism.
A three-dimensional model of Lucia’s apartment is shown. The image is attached below for the apartment. The three section are there in the apartment. The volume of this apartment is,
[tex]V=[(20\times12)+(20-9)\times16+(20\times20)]\times10\\V=8160\rm\; ft^3[/tex]
To cool the whole apartment, an air conditioner must provide 2.5 btus per cubic foot. To cool, the 8160 cubic foot apartment the btus needed are,
[tex]n=8160\times2.5\\n=20400\rm\; btus[/tex]
Hence, the number of btus which are needed to cool Lucia’s apartment shown in the three-dimensional model are 20,400 btus.
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Answer:
1: 2,160
2: multiply the total volume by 2.5
3: 5,400
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