SOLUTION: Ms Gaza's house has a total area of 120 square cm and a perimeter of 44cm. A rectangular kitchen has the length of 4cm and the width is 3cm.How many square meters of vinyl tile wo

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Question 1032418: Ms Gaza's house has a total area of 120 square cm and a perimeter of 44cm. A rectangular kitchen has the length of 4cm and the width is 3cm.How many square meters of vinyl tile would she need to cover her kitchen floor?
Found 2 solutions by stanbon, macston:
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
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Ms Gaza's house has a total area of 120 square cm and a perimeter of 44cm. A rectangular kitchen has the length of 4cm and the width is 3cm.How many square meters of vinyl tile would she need to cover her kitchen floor?
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Note:: 4cm is less than 5 inches
Are you sure about those dimensions?
Cheers,
Stan H.

Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source):
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Length=L=4cm=0.04m
Width=W=3cm=0.03m
Area=L x W=0.04m x 0.03m=0.0012m^2
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As the problem is presented, she would need 0.0012 square meters of vinyl, or just under 2 square inches, a very small kitchen.
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