document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=939160>Question 939160</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Ryan is building a storage shed for his lawn mower in his backyard. The scale drawing of the shed is drawn so that 1 cm = 1 ft. If the drawing shows the area of the shed to be 47 cm^2, what is the actual area of the shed? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #572666 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=gushinwuvsyou><B>gushinwuvsyou(1)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/iconNewId_16x16.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=gushinwuvsyou><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=gushinwuvsyou><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=572666\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This isn't volume, this is a surface area/area question.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "47cm^2 is the area of the drawing.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1cm= 1 foot in real life.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I used my TI-83 to calculate the square root of 47, and I got 6.8556546004010441...(the real answer will keep going on forever, so you will have to estimate).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cutting off at 6.8556546, we can start rounding. We will round to four different answers, depending on the place value after the decimal that you choose to your standards.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6.8556546 goes to 6.855655, because 6 is closer to 10 than 0. So we add one to the next place value.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6.855655 goes to 6.85566, because 5 is close to 10 than 0. So we add one to the next place value.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6.85566 goes to 6.8557, because 6 is close to 10 than 0. So we add one to the next place value.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6.8557 goes to 6.856, because 7 is close to 10 than 0. So we add one to the next place value.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "STOP!!!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If you decide to round to the thousandths place, then 6.856 is your answer. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply 6.856 by 1 to convert the cm to feet. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ROUNDING TO THE HUNDREDTHS PLACE:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6.856 goes to 6.86, because 6 is closer to 10 than 0. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply 6.86 by 1 to convert the cm to feet. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ROUNDING TO THE TENTHS PLACE: <BR>\n" );
document.write( "6.86 rounds to 6.9, because the 6 is closer to the 10 than 0.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6.9*1 to convert cm to feet.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ROUNDING TO THE NEAREST WHOLE NUMBER:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6^2= 36<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7^2= 49\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "But 47 doesn't have a perfect square root.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So we go to the nearest number possible.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since 47 is closer to 49, then the square root will be 7.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply 7*1 to convert the cm to feet.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Welp, I hope you are able to understand this. Have a great day and good luck! :) </SPAN>\n" );
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