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George is adding crown molding to his dining room. The room is 20 feet long and 17 feet wide. The crown molding is only sold in 8-foot planks. How many planks will George need to purchase?

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Given:

length-20 feet

width-17 feet

Required:

To calculate how many planks george need to purchase.

Step-by-step explanation:

First of all we are going to calculate per ae of the room


\begin{gathered} area=l* b \\ \text{ =20}*17 \\ \text{ =340feet}^2\text{ } \\ \end{gathered}

now we have to calculate no of planks

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