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Angela plans to buy new flooring for her bedroom. Her bedroom floor is a rectangle that is 7.9 meters by 6.2 meters. a. How many square meters of floor space does her bedroom have? meters squared b. Suppose the flooring costs $5.90 per square meter. How much will the flooring cost? (use a dollar sign and NO SPACES)

User Kgs
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part A is 48.98 meters squared. part B is $288.982.

Explanation:

To find the area of the flooring you multiply 7.9 and 6.2 which gives you 48.98 meters squared. Then for part B you take your product from part A and multiply it by $5.90, giving you $288.982.

I hope this helps

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