Item 14 There are 7 similarly shaped figures in a set. The largest figure is 7 inches tall. Each of the other figures is 1 inch shorter than the next larger figure . The surface area of the largest figure is 588 in.2. What is the surface area of the second smallest figure?

in.2

answer: the answer is one of

step-by-step explanation:   we are given to write a proper fraction where the whole is divided into an even number of equal parts less than ten, and an odd number of those parts exist.

an even number less than 10 may be one of 2, 4, 6 or 8. so, the whole may be one of these four evens.

now, an odd number of these parts must exist, so the numerator must be an odd number, one of 1, 3, 5 or 7. it cannot be 9 because then the fraction will become improper.

thus, our fraction may be one of the following