Question

You are painting a room that is 18 ft long, 14 ft wide and

8 ft high. Find the area of the four walls that you are going to paint.

Answer 1

do the answer is 532 ft.

u should be careful not to count the area of the ceiling and the floor of the room!

Answer 2

• 512 ft²

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Perimeter of the room:

• P = 2(18 + 14) = 2(32) = 64 ft

Area of the four walls:

• A = Ph = 64*8 = 512 ft²