document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=146596>Question 146596</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hardwood flooring costs $90.00 per square meter. How much will it cost (to the nearest dollar) to cover the dance floor shown in the figure just below with hardwood flooring?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The figure is of a capsule-shaped dance floor that has two semicircles on opposite ends and they have a radius of 20 feet each.  The middle of the dance floor is a rectangle with a length of 20 meters.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So what I did first was use convert the 20 ft to meters which equalled apporximately 65.6 m each.  Then I used the formula d= 2r to find the width of the rectangles which came out to 131.2 m...then I got stuck!!!!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "PLEASE HELP </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #107071 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=107071\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> there is a problem with your conversion\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1 inch equals 2.54 cm __ (20ft)(12in/ft)(2.54cm/in)/(100cm/m)=6.096m\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the area is a circle with radius 6.096m and a rectangle 12.192m by 20m\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "pi*6.096^2=116.745 __ 12.192*20=243.84 __ total area is 360.585m^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "360.585*90=32452.65 or 32453 __ this is the cost </SPAN>\n" );
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