Jamin wants to paint a wall in his bedroom. In order to know how much paint to buy, he first needs to know the approximate area. There is a window in the middle of the wall, so he'll only need to paint the shaded part shown. How many square feet is just the window? [Note: The wall and window are both rectangular.]

36 ft 2
7 ft 2
1.5 ft 2
3 ft 2

Question

Jamin wants to paint a wall in his bedroom. In order to know how much paint to buy, he first needs to know the approximate area. There is a window in the middle of the wall, so he'll only need to paint the shaded part shown. How many square feet is just the window? [Note: The wall and window are both rectangular.]

36 ft 2
7 ft 2
1.5 ft 2
3 ft 2

melody323 · Answer

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melody323 · Answer

@bmk614

melody323 · Answer

@rebeccaxhawaii

bmk614 · Answer

You need to find total area of the outer box.
6*8=48
Then you need the total area of the inner box, but convert the measurements to feet.
2*(18/12)=3
Then you subtract the area of the inner box from the outer box.
48-3=45ft^2

melody323 · Answer

@bmk614 Whats the answer

563blackghost · Answer

The question asks `"How many square feet is just the window?"` So we would only find the area of the window....

So to find the area of the window we multiply its width by its length....

$\Huge{18 \times 2 = area}$

melody323 · Answer

so 36

melody323 · Answer

Thanks

melody323 · Answer

Jamin wants to paint a wall in his bedroom. Not only does he need to buy paint, but he also needs to buy tape to tape off all sides of the wall and the window. How many feet of painter's tape will Jamin need to buy (assume no overlap)? [Note: The wall and window are both rectangular.]

17.5 ft
35 ft
28 ft
21 ft

563blackghost · Answer

oo wait i forgot to change it to feet....we have to change 18in into feet...

$\Huge{18 \div 12= ?}$

563blackghost · Answer

im so sorry about the mistake :(

melody323 · Answer

so its not 36

563blackghost · Answer

no its not....We first would need to change 18in into feet....

$\Huge{18in \times 12in = 1.5 ft}$

In which we would then multiply by 2ft to find the area of the window...

$\Huge{1.5 \times 2 = area}$

melody323 · Answer

WHAT about the second one??

bmk614 · Answer

It is 45

melody323 · Answer

thaat not and answer for the second one

melody323 · Answer

@bmk614

563blackghost · Answer

That was the answer for the explanation he gave before @Melody323 that is what he was refering too

melody323 · Answer

But thats not an answer

563blackghost · Answer

For the second one we have to find the perimeter since Jamin wants to tape the sides of the wall and the window so....

$\huge{8+8+6+6=perimeter~of~wall}$

$\huge{1.5+1.5+2+2=perimeter~of~window}$

Once you find them both you would then add them together...

$\LARGE\color{red}{per.~of~window+per.~of~wall=tape~needed}$

563blackghost · Answer

Im sure this is how you do this one ^^

bmk614 · Answer

Yes, and you should get 35ft