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carmen measured a room to be 10 1/2 feet by 12 5/8 feet. what is the area of the room written as a decimal

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If you would like to know what is the area of the room, you can calculate this using the following steps:

10 1/2 feet * 12 5/8 feet = 21/2 * 101/8 = 2121/16 = 132.5625 = 132.56 feet squared

The correct result would be 132.56 feet squared.
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