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document.write( "George wants to use square pavers that are 6 inches on each side to completely surround his  ower garden. The garden is 12 feet long and 3 feet wide. How many pavers should George buy? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "convert the dimensions of the pavers to feet and you get each paver is 1/2 feet on each side.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "this means that the length of each paver is 1/2 foot and the width of each paver is 1/2 foot.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "to cover the length of the garden, you will need 12 / (1/2) = 24 pavers.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "to cover the width of the garden, you will need 3 / (1/2) = 6 pavers.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you will need an additional 4 pavers to cover the corners.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the total number of pavers required is (24 * 2) + (6 * 2) + (1 * 4) = 64.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the garden will look like this.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "24 tiles along the lenth on top and bottom.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6 tiles along the width on left and right side.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4 tiles on the corners.\r<BR>\n" );
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