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Ben's living room is a rectangle measuring 10 yards by 192 inches.

By how many feet does the length of the room exceed the width?

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First of all, we need to know what the units are in this problem.

We can see that there is yards, inches, and feet.

(Keep in mind that yd = yard, ft = feet, and in = inches)

1yd = 3ft

1ft = 12in

Let's figure out how many inches are in a yard.

If we know that 3 feet are in every yard, and 12 inches are in every foot, we can make an equation that looks like this:

(1yd × 3ft) × 12 = 36

This means that there are 36 inches in every foot.

Now that we know how many inches are in a yard, lets figure out how many inches are in 10 yards.

36 × 10 = 360

There are 360 inches in 10 yards.

Now, let's figure out how much 360 inches exceeds 192 inches.

360 - 192 = 168

To convert this to feet, we need to use an equation that looks like this:

168 ÷ 12 = 14

Therefore, the amount of feet that the length of the room exceeds the width is 14 feet.

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