SOLUTION: a roll of wallpaper contains 50 ft. how many rolls of wallpaper will be needed to paper a wall 25 ft long and 10 ft wide?

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Question 255426: a roll of wallpaper contains 50 ft. how many rolls of wallpaper will be needed to paper a wall 25 ft long and 10 ft wide?
Answer by drk(1908)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Find the area of the wall as
25 x 10 = 250 sq. ft.
next divide by 50 ft to get
250/50 = 5 rolls

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