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George decided to paint a wall with two windows. Both windows are 3 1/2 ft by 4 1/2 ft rectangles. Find the area the paint needs to cover.

Area of 2 windows:


Area of the entire wall:


Area to be painted:

George decided to paint a wall with two windows. Both windows are 3 1/2 ft by 4 1/2 ft-example-1
User Gieun
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71.5 ft , 3.5*4.5*2= 31.5(two windows) and the area of the whole wall is 103ft just subtract both to get 71.5ft needs to cover with paint.
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