SOLUTION: A fabric wall hanging is to fill a space that measures 7 m by 6.5 m. Allowing for 0.1 m of the fabric to be folded back along each edge, how much fabric must be purchased for the w

Question 1031848: A fabric wall hanging is to fill a space that measures 7 m by 6.5 m. Allowing for 0.1 m of the fabric to be folded back along each edge, how much fabric must be purchased for the wall hanging?
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Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A fabric wall hanging is to fill a space that measures 7 m by 6.5 m. Allowing for 0.1 m of the fabric to be folded back along each edge, how much fabric must be purchased for the wall hanging?
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Area = 7.1*6.6 = 46.86 sq meters
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You will lose m on all 4 sides,
so, you must buy:
for one side
for other side
The fabric purchased measures
x
m2
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