Hey all. Zaher wrote in with this practice problem while back, and I thought it’d make a good post, so here it is:
A room is 24 feet long, 18 feet wide, and 9 feet high. How many square yards of wallpaper are needed to paper the four walls of the room?
You got your basic area problem, right? How do I know it’s “area”? Well, area is the space on the surface of something. Like, how much carpet covers a floor, or how many tiles on a bathroom wall. Or paint on a room. If you’re covering a surface, you’re talkin’ area. Now, how to solve it?
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