SOLUTION: Three strips of 2-yard wide outdoor carpet are used to cover a sidewalk. One is 3.5 yards long the second is 25 percent longer than the first, and the third is 6 1/4 yards long. Ho
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Question 992566: Three strips of 2-yard wide outdoor carpet are used to cover a sidewalk. One is 3.5 yards long the second is 25 percent longer than the first, and the third is 6 1/4 yards long. How are the three carpets placed end to end?
Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Total Length=3.5yds+(1.25)(3.5yds)+6.25yds
Total Length=3.5yds+4.375yds+6.25yds
Total Length=14.125yds
ANSWER:14.125 yards
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