document.write( "Question 1096987: a parking lot is 60 meters wide and 80 meters long. at $15 per square meter, how much will it cost to pave the parking lot?\r
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Why would you be dividing? Each square meter costs $15 to pave; there are 60*80=4800 of them. Sounds like a clear case for multiplying....
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