Question

A wall in Marcus's bedroom is 825

825
feet high and 1623
1623
feet long. If he paints 12
12
of the wall blue, how many square feet will be blue?

Answer 1

If you would like to know how many square feet of the wall will be blue, you can calculate this using the following steps:

8 2/5 feet high * 16 2/3 feet long = 8 2/5 * 16 2/3 = 42/5 * 50/3 = 140 square feet

1/2 * 140 = 140/2 = 70 square feet

The correct result would be 70 square feet.