document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=338961>Question 338961</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A room is 6m long, 4.5m wide and 4m high. The 4 walls and ceilings are to be painted. If the doors and windows have an area of 14m^2, what is the area to be painted?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "My answer is 111m^2 but I didn't know if its correct. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #242943 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><B>jim_thompson5910(35256)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=jim_thompson5910><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=242943\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Area of the ceiling: 6*4.5 = 27 square meters\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Area of longer wall: 6*4=24 square meters\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There are 2 longer walls. So the total area of the longer walls is 24+24=48 square meters.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Area of shorter wall: 4.5*4 = 18 square meters\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Again, there are 2 shorter walls. So the total area of the shorter walls is 2*18=36 square meters.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Add up the individual areas to get: 27+48+36=111\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the total area of the ceilings and the 4 walls is 111 square meters.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now we need to subtract off 14 square meters (since we're NOT going to paint over the windows or the doors) to get 111-14 = 97\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the total area to be painted is 97 square meters.\r<BR>\n" );
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