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Kayla wants to put a wallpaper border around her rectangular room. Her room is 12 feet long and 9 feet wide the wallpaper border is sold in rolls of 16 feet. How many rolls of the wallpaper border will Kayla need to put around her entire room?

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She will only need 1 roll since it's sold in a 16 feet roll
User Daniele Vitali
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12 times 2 + 9 times 2 = 24 + 18 = 42 divided by 16 = 2.625
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