document.write( "Question 1752: a) Jim is going to put new carpet in his bedroom. Jim's bedroom is 10ft. by 12ft. How many square feet of carpet does he need?\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #714 by xen0gears(3) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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When finding the amount of square feet needed to cover a room, you should find the area of the given room. In this case the room is 10ft by 12ft, so the area is $\"+10+%2A+12+=+120+ft%5E2+\"$ .\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The second part is asking how many feet of base board you need to cover the perimeter of the room. The perimeter P of a rectangular room is given by $\"+P+=+2%2Aa+%2B+2%2Ab+\"$ , where a and b are the lengths of the sides. In this case, a = 12ft and b = 10ft (you could reverse these but it doesn't matter), so the perimeter P is $\"+P+=+2%2A12+%2B+2%2A10+=+24+%2B+20+=+44+ft+\"$ . So Jim needs 44ft of base board. \n" ); document.write( "

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