Question

Imagine you are moving into a new room. You want to put in new carpeting, wallpaper and a wallpaper border that will go around the top of the wall. Take the dimensions of your room (length, width and height), and find how much carpeting, wallpaper and decorative borders are needed.

Answer 1

So this is something that you have to do with your room I'm guessing?

Answer 2

My teacher said I need to make up the rooms dimensions.. that's why it says "imagine"

Answer 3

Ok so make up the dimensions

Answer 4

make it 12 feet wide, 18 feet long, and 10 feet tall

Answer 5

there u go

Answer 6

Yeah so just bs this assignment! Treat it like a english course!

Answer 7

Okay so I would need 316 ft of carpeting because area=lw..Is this right?

Answer 8

yes correct.

Answer 9

And for the wallpaper & border is it 2l*2w?

Answer 10

the wallpaper and the border are separated

Answer 11

wait 2l+2w for the border

Answer 12

think of the border as the blue ribbon going around the top section of the room

Answer 13

that is its total length, yes multiply that by its width to get its area

Answer 14

Sooo...I imagined my new rooms dimensions are 12 feet wide, 18 feet long, and 10 feet tall. I would need 316 ft of carpeting. For the decrotive borderes I would need 60 ft. Last, I would use 720 ft of wallpaper..... Is that all right?

Answer 15

That is not exactly correct just as you did for the carpeting, you need to find the area of each not the perimeter notice how you found the area for teh carpeting.
To find the area of the decorative border , you need not only the perimeter, but also its width, how wide do you want to draw it?

Answer 16

Im confused cause she noted (Remember: Area of a rectangle is length times width. For the border you will use the perimeter of a rectangle, two times length plus two times width.)

Answer 17

right, with that you find the total perimeter multiply that by the border's width, which can be anything from 0.01 feet to 9.99 feet
I would use 0.1 feet for instance

Answer 18

Oh okay I get what you're saying now I think. So basically for the border I would do
2(18)+2(12)*0.1?

Answer 19

Imagine your room fits in a grain of sand, and the dimensions are on the order of being a quantum dot. This removes the necessity of having a door, so it makes calculations easier since you can just tunnel in and out.

Answer 20

now im super confused

Answer 21

^ this

Answer 22

what kai said

Answer 23

you have to do length times with times hight

Answer 24

yes, like this: (2(18)+2(12))*0.1
when you type it,
you need to use an extra parenthesis

Answer 25

the perimeter must be first calculated, then multiply the result by 0.1

Answer 26

using the parenthesis forces us to first calculate the perimeter
do you see what I mean?

Answer 27

Okay yes I see what you're talking about..

Answer 28

^^ ;)

Answer 29

what did you get for the area of the border?

Answer 30

6 ft

Answer 31

Now what about for the wallpaper?

Answer 32

@Kainui Wouldn't it make the calculations a tad bit tougher, probably have to deal with some nasty numbers such as 2.42*10^-20 m ew. But, then again a door wouldn't exist, unless you're a quantum organism, wow that would be something? I don't think we're smart enough to even imagine that? Oh another, thing at the quantum level, actually you're right you wouldn't need doors, because you'd be teleporting, yes at this stage you have to use science fiction words.

Answer 33

yes perfect megan ;)

Answer 34

thanks by the way for all your help!

Answer 35

You're quite welcome... ^^ :-]

Answer 36

one more thing - what will the area of the wallpaper be?

Answer 37

ummmm... lol

Answer 38

just like we found the area of the border, we find the area of the wallpaper you might as well consider it a border , but a lot wider...

Answer 39

this is longest thread ever

Answer 40

mesh <3333

Answer 41

hii

Answer 42

Okay so its still 2l+2w multiplied by the wallpapers width?

Answer 43

u figured how to change ur pic ?

Answer 44

and exactly megan!

Answer 45

i had problems beause i am drinking

Answer 46

so the question is , what is its width? :)

Answer 47

O.O --- drinking?
Since when?

Answer 48

6 this morning

Answer 49

Wow you must be really MESHed up...see what I did there?

Answer 50

lol man

Answer 51

@Megan_xoxo Sorry for taking your thread off topic, did you get the solution you were looking for?

Answer 52

if the total height of your room is 10
and the width of the border is 0.1,
what is left for the height of the wallpaper? @Megan_xoxo

Answer 53

594 ft for the wallpaper.

Answer 54

and it's totally okay I don't mind lol!

Answer 55

Yes, rigth!
oh ha ha ha, lol

Answer 56

Should've wrote na na na, instead of ha ha ha, then I could've said batman!

Answer 57

I imagined my new rooms dimensions are 12 feet wide, 18 feet long, and 10 feet tall. I would need 316 ft of carpeting because 12*18=316. For the decorative borders I would need 6 ft because (2(18)+2(12))*0.1=6 . Last, I would use 594 ft of wallpaper because (2(18)+2(12))*9.9=594.

Answer 58

Now is it all correct? Lol

Answer 59

Looks correctomento to me!

Answer 60

Brilliant! that is precisely right... ;)

Answer 61

K thanks :)

Answer 62

++++ clap clap :D

Answer 63

no worries

Answer 64

awww, mesh - aren't you just sweet?

Answer 65

loll

Answer 66

you r sweeter

Answer 67

\[\huge {MEGANXOXO YOU DID GOOD!}\]

Answer 68

than me :P

Answer 69

\[\huge BATMAN\]

Answer 70

lol ♥ @iambatman

Answer 71

no corrections you're... cause u've got sweet fruits! :-] nd I don't unfortunatly! :{

Answer 72

\[\huge \int\limits_{0}^{1} lnx dx\]

Now do this problem, any takers?

Answer 73

Do you guys think of me as a machine or what? O.O

Answer 74

\[\Huge \int\limits udv = uv-\int\limits vdu\]

Use that @Miracrown

Answer 75

@Kainui

Answer 76

integral of lnx whats that, looks like letters to me.

Answer 77

\[\huge CORRECT\]

Answer 78

You literally spent like 9 hours typing, and a empty drawing shows up -.-

Answer 79

Mesh this is just a waste of time since its useless.

Answer 80

It's not wirjinf

Answer 81

Kill it >< !

Answer 82

Bye :o

Answer 83

Go for it

Answer 84

-_-