Answer:
Tamara needs to cover a total of 552 square feet of wall, which is 72 square feet more than the area of the wallpaper she requested for. So, Tamara does not have enough wallpaper to cover the four walls.
Step-by-step explanation:
Given that: width = 8 1/3 feet, length = 11 1/2 feet
, height = 12 feet.
The area of a wall to be covered is determined by the product of its length and height, where the width is the thickness of the wall.
Area of the wall = length × height
= 11 1/2 × 12
= [tex]\frac{23}{2}[/tex] ×[tex]\frac{12}{1}[/tex]
= [tex]\frac{276}{2}[/tex]
= 138
Area of each wall is 138 square feet.
Total area of the four walls = 138 × 4
= 552
The total area of walls to be covered is 552 square feet.
Therefore:
Tamara needs to cover a total of 552 square feet of wall, which is 72 square feet more than the area of the wallpaper she requested for. So, Tamara does not have enough wallpaper to cover the four walls.
