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This is urgent, please answer!

Michael is buying carpet for a room with the dimensions shown.

Michael calculates that the area he will cover with carpet is 187 1/2 square feet.

Explain why Michaels reasoning is incorrect, and give the correct area I. Square feet

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114 is the answer I believe but don’t take my word for it
User Opello
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114

Explanation:

half of 87 is 14 so we can mulyiply that by 100 or 10 betyer yet which u get 114

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