document.write( "Question 73439: Find the length of a carpet 75 cm wide to cover the floor of a room whose dimensions are 8 meters by 6 meters. \n" ); document.write( "
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The floor of the room is 8 meters by 6 meters. The area of this floor is the length multiplied
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\n" ); document.write( "A = L*W
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\n" ); document.write( "A = 8 * 6 = 48 square meters.
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\n" ); document.write( "We are told that the carpet width is 75 cm. Be careful. We have to change that to meters.
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\n" ); document.write( "The length of the carpet times its width must equal 48 square meters. Return to the area
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\n" ); document.write( "We know the area we want is 48 square meters. We also know that the carpet width is 0.75 meters.
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\n" ); document.write( "48 = L * 0.75
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\n" ); document.write( "Divide both sides of this equation by 0.75 meters to get:
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\n" ); document.write( "48/0.75 = L
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\n" ); document.write( "If you do the division you will find that the length of carpet needed is 64 yards.
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