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A homeowner plans to hang a wallpaper on one wall of a bedroom that is 10-feet long. If a strip of the wallpaper is 20inches wide and strips are hung vertically, how many strips of wallpapers will the homeowner require?

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6

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Draw a diagram to illustrate the problem.
Let n = number of strips required.

Note that 10 feet = 10*12 = 120 inches.
Because each strip is 20 inches wide, therefore
20n = 120
n = 120/20 = 6

Answer: 6 strips

A homeowner plans to hang a wallpaper on one wall of a bedroom that is 10-feet long-example-1
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