SOLUTION: A roof of a new home is 7,299 feet squared. It needs to be covered in tar paper before shingles are applied. The tar paper costs $39.98 per roll and each roll covers 200 yards squa

SOLUTION: A roof of a new home is 7,299 feet squared. It needs to be covered in tar paper before shingles are applied. The tar paper costs $39.98 per roll and each roll covers 200 yards squa

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Question 669219: A roof of a new home is 7,299 feet squared. It needs to be covered in tar paper before shingles are applied. The tar paper costs $39.98 per roll and each roll covers 200 yards squared. How much will it costs to cover the roof in tar paper ? ( Note that you must purchase the paper by the roll, not by partial rolls).
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
7299/9=811 sq yds
811/200=4.055
whole rolls only
5*39.98=$199.90
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