SOLUTION: You have decided to update your house by laying a new wood floor in your living room. your floor has an area of 440 square feet. you decide to buy enough flooring to allow for a ce

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Question 920362: You have decided to update your house by laying a new wood floor in your living room. your floor has an area of 440 square feet. you decide to buy enough flooring to allow for a certain amount of waste so you purchase 470 square feet of wood flooring materials. express your waste allowance as a percent. round your result to the nearest tenth of a percent.
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
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100%28470-440%29%2F440%29 = 6.8% waste allowance