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OpenStudy (anonymous):

help please :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@welshfella

OpenStudy (anonymous):

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@welshfella

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@welshfella

OpenStudy (welshfella):

well as the scale is 1:20 you multiply the width and the length by 20

OpenStudy (welshfella):

then multiply these to give you the area of the actual bathroom in sq ins

OpenStudy (welshfella):

to convert to sq ft you divide this area by 144

OpenStudy (welshfella):

sorry gotta go right now

OpenStudy (anonymous):

wait im confused

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@Mehek14

OpenStudy (anonymous):

@Nnesha

OpenStudy (anonymous):

please help @Vocaloid

Vocaloid (vocaloid):

like Welsh said... multiply the width and length by 20

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so i do \[3.5\times20\] and \[2\times20\]

Vocaloid (vocaloid):

yes

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i got 70 and 40

Vocaloid (vocaloid):

right, now find the area

OpenStudy (anonymous):

how?

Vocaloid (vocaloid):

area = (width)*length

OpenStudy (anonymous):

whats the area?

Vocaloid (vocaloid):

you just calculated the width and length area = width*length

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i got 70 x 40= 2800

Vocaloid (vocaloid):

right, now divide by 144

OpenStudy (anonymous):

19 with a remainder of 64

Vocaloid (vocaloid):

right, now round to the nearest whole number

OpenStudy (anonymous):

20

Vocaloid (vocaloid):

other way 19.4444 rounded to the nearest whole number is...?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh 19.5

Vocaloid (vocaloid):

whole number, not decimals

OpenStudy (anonymous):

19

Vocaloid (vocaloid):

right

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so 19 is the answer for sure? do you know how to check the answer to make sure its right?

Vocaloid (vocaloid):

yes, 19 is the answer to check your answer, you just need to make sure you multiplied everything right, which you did

OpenStudy (michele_laino):

hint: the real measures are: 3.5*20=...inches 2*20=...inches

OpenStudy (anonymous):

70 and 40

OpenStudy (michele_laino):

ok! now 70 inches correspond to 70/12=... feet and 40 inches correspond to 40/12=... feet

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i got 5 with a remainder of 10 and 3 with a remainder of 4

OpenStudy (michele_laino):

better is: 70/12 = 5.84 40/12=3.34

OpenStudy (michele_laino):

so the requested area is: 5.84*3.34=...feet^2

OpenStudy (anonymous):

19.5056

OpenStudy (michele_laino):

yes! now we have to round off to the nearest whole number, so what do you get?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

19

OpenStudy (michele_laino):

that's right!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thanks

OpenStudy (michele_laino):

thanks! we have to thank to @Vocaloid for her good answer

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