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Ms. Johnson bought an area rug for her den. The perimeter is 30 feet. The width of the rug is

2yards What is the area of Ms. Johnson's rug in square feet and square yards?
in both feet and yards.

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Answer:

6 sq yards, 54 sq feet

Explanation:

30/3 = 10, 10 - 4 = 6, 6/2 = 3, 3 * 2 = 6

30/3 since we are calculating yards(3 ft = 1 yard), 10 -4 since 2 sides have the width of 2 yards. 6/2 since there is two sides left.

Basically the same thing for sq feet.

User Splungebob
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I believe it should be 54 square feet and 18 square yards
Ms. Johnson bought an area rug for her den. The perimeter is 30 feet. The width of-example-1
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