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Mr. Jenkins is buying paint to paint the garage wall. He needs to know the area of the wall in order to know how much paint he will need to buy. The wall is 24 feet wide and 12 feet tall. What is the area of the garage wall?

A. 36 ft ²
B. 72 ft
C. 72 ft²
D. 288 ft²

User Shahyad Sharghi
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Your answer would be
D. 288 ft
User Pavel Minaev
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Answer:

Area of garage wall (wall is rectangular according to given information so we are using frommula if area of rectangle) =l×b

=288 ft^2

hope it helps you

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