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Each pail of plaster covers 97 square feet of ceiling. How many pails of plaster would you need to buy to cover the ceiling of a room with walls 14 feet long?

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Answer:

2.02

Step-by-step explanation:

Each pail of plaster covers 97 Square feet of ceiling

The ceiling of the room is 14 ft long

= 14×14

= 196

Therefore the pail of plaster that will be needed to cover the rooms can be calculated as follows

= 196/97

= 2.02

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