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After watching an episode of Trading Spaces, you decide it would be a great idea to put ribbon around the edge of each of the 6 chairs at your kitchen table. The seat of each chair is a square with 18 inch sides. How much ribbon is needed to decorate all the chairs?

A) 36 inches
B) 36 feet
C) 72 inches
D) 432 feet

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perimeter of a square = 4S = 4 *18 = 72 inches

72 * 6 = 432 inches


432/12 = 36 feet

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