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How would I go about solving this problem?

How would I go about solving this problem?-example-1

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I started by finding the area of the walls. The 8x10 walls are 80 and there are 2 so 160. And the other walls are 15x8 so 120 and there are 2 so 240. I added 160 and 240 to get 400. Then you need to subtract the window and the door because you aren’t painting them. You end up getting 340
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