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maria needs to purchase a carpet for her drawing room. maria measured the carpet as 8 ft. the actual measurement was 7.2 ft. what is maria's percentage of error?

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Answer:

144 square feet of carpet

We know that the area of square = (side)²

So , the area of the bedroom = (12)²

Simplify it

The area of the bedroom = 12 × 12 = 144 ft²

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