SOLUTION: Hi Louise wants to wallpaper a room. The room is 12 feet by 12 feet and is ten feet tall. If only the walls are to be covered, what is the area to be covered. Assume that no

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Question 1158695: Hi
Louise wants to wallpaper a room. The room is 12 feet by 12 feet and is ten feet tall.
If only the walls are to be covered, what is the area to be covered. Assume that no doors and windows are in this room.
Thanks
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, mananth:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) About Me  (Show Source):
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This room then has wall area of 4%2A10%2A12 square feet.

Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
one wall area = 12* 10 =120 ft^2
4 walls = 120*4 = 480 ft^2