SOLUTION: how many rolls of wallpaper, each 7 yards long and 24 inches wide , will paper the side of a room 14 feet by 12.6 feet and 9 feet high, deducting 144 feet squared for doors and win
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Question 1108682: how many rolls of wallpaper, each 7 yards long and 24 inches wide , will paper the side of a room 14 feet by 12.6 feet and 9 feet high, deducting 144 feet squared for doors and windows?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Each wallpaper roll measures:
ft long
ft wide
area =
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The wording is confusing, but it sounds
like they want the area of all 4 walls
2 opposing walls:
The other 2 opposing walls:
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8 rolls of wallpaper are needed
check the math & get another opinion if needed
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