SOLUTION: Mason's bedroom is 1 0 feet wide by 14 feet long. If the ceilil'lg is 8 feet high, what is the total area of the four walls of Mason's bedroom?

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Question 984833: Mason's bedroom is 1 0 feet wide by 14 feet
long. If the ceilil'lg is 8 feet high, what is the total
area of the four walls of Mason's bedroom?

Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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The walls that are opposite eachother
have the same area
+10%2A8%2A2+=+160+ ft2 is the are of
2 opposite walls
+14%2A8%2A2+=+224+ ft2 is the area of
the other pair of opposite walls
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+160+%2B+224+=+384+ ft2 is the toal area
of the 4 walls