Question

The area of a wall that needs to be papered is 84sqft. The wallpaper that needs to be papered is 18in wide and 33ft long. Rolls of solid color wallpaper will be used, so patterns do not have to match up.

Answer 1

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Explanation:

The area of the wall is 84 ft².

The width of the wallpaper is 18 in.

1 ft. = 12 in

Hence; 18 in = 18 in * 1 ft. per 12 in = 1.5 ft

The length of the wallpaper is 33 ft.

Therefore, the area of the wallpaper = length * width = 1.5 ft. * 33 ft. = 49.5 ft². This means that each roll of wallpaper has an area of 49.5 ft²

Therefore, the minimum amount of rolls of wallpaper needed = area of wall / area of wallpaper

Amount of wallpaper = 84 ft² / 49.5 ft² = 1.7 rolls