SOLUTION: a) Jim is going to put new carpet in his bedroom. Jim's bedroom is 10ft. by 12ft. How many square feet of carpet does he need? b)Jim also needs some new base bored to go aroun

Question 1752: a) Jim is going to put new carpet in his bedroom. Jim's bedroom is 10ft. by 12ft. How many square feet of carpet does he need?
b)Jim also needs some new base bored to go around the room. How much does he need?
Answer by xen0gears(3) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
When finding the amount of square feet needed to cover a room, you should find the area of the given room. In this case the room is 10ft by 12ft, so the area is .
The second part is asking how many feet of base board you need to cover the perimeter of the room. The perimeter P of a rectangular room is given by , where a and b are the lengths of the sides. In this case, a = 12ft and b = 10ft (you could reverse these but it doesn't matter), so the perimeter P is . So Jim needs 44ft of base board.
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