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you've been contracted to wallpaper a wall 10 ft wide and 12 ft High with a square window with 3-foot sides. How many square feet of wallpaper do you need to cover the wall if you were to exclude the opening for the window? _Square feet

you've been contracted to wallpaper a wall 10 ft wide and 12 ft High with a square-example-1

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Find the total area of the wall, including the window area: (10 ft)(12 ft) = 120 ft^2.

Next, find the window area: (3 ft)^2 = 9 ft^2

and, finally, subtract the window area from the total wall area: (120-9) ft^2, or

111 ft^2. The total amount of wallpaper needed, with zero waste, is 111 ft^2.

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111 square ft would be the answer
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