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50 Points! A section of wall for a mural is shaped like a parallelogram with a base length of 7 feet and a height of 11 feet. A can of paint will cover 20 square feet.

nvm it was 4

50 Points! A section of wall for a mural is shaped like a parallelogram with a base-example-1
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Area = length x height:

Area = 7 x 11 = 77 square feet.


divide area of wall by area per can:

77/20 = 3.85 cans


they will need to buy 4 cans

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