ellis is painting the wooden fenceposts in his yard. they are each 6 feet tall and have a diameter of 1 foot. there are 12 fenceposts in all. how much paint will ellis need to paint all the surfaces of the 12 fenceposts? use 3.14 for π, and round your answer to the nearest hundredth.

Ellis will need 244.92 ft2 of paint.

Step-by-step explanation:

First we need to find the surface area of one fencepost.

The fencepost is cylindrical, so the surface area is given by the equation:

If the height of the fencepost is 6 feet and the radius is 0.5 feet, we have:

The surface area of the 12 fenceposts is:

Ellis will need 244.92 ft2 of paint.