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Does Sara have enough wood to make the​ birdhouse? Explain.
Yes.
The surface area of the birdhouse is
  
enter your response here in squared and she has
  
enter your response here in squared of wood.
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Answer 1

I can help — but I need the problem written clearly. Could you confirm the numbers (areas or dimensions) from the problem? The text you pasted is hard to read.

In the meantime, here is the method and an example using the numbers that seem to appear in your text:

Method
- Find the surface area of the birdhouse by adding the area of the base and the areas of the sides (sum all faces that will be covered with wood).
- Compare that total surface area to the amount of wood available.
- If wood available ≥ surface area, she has enough wood; otherwise she does not.

Example using the likely values in your text
- Total surface area (from problem) = 2432 in² (looks like “Total Area = 2432”).
- Wood available = 2846 in² (you wrote “A(wood) = 2846 in²”).

Compare:
- 2846 in² (wood available) − 2432 in² (surface area needed) = 414 in² leftover.

Conclusion: Yes — she has enough wood; 414 in² of wood would remain.

If those numbers are not what the problem gives, paste the exact dimensions or the clear numbers for the base and sides (or a photo of the problem) and I’ll compute it step by step.