document.write( "Question 735513: The surface area of a roof with dimensions of 40 feet long by 30 feet wide is how many times the surface area of a floor where the dimensions are 16 feet long by 5 feet wide? \n" ); document.write( "
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The surface area of the roof is 40 x 30 = 1200 square feet.


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