Alice's mother wants to wallpaper two adjacent walls in Alice's bedroom. She also wants to put a border along the top of all four walls. The bedroom is 9 ft by 12 ft by 8 ft high. a) If each double roll covers approximately 60 ft² and the wallpaper is sold in double rolls only, how many double rolls are needed? b) If the border is sold in rolls of 5 yd each, how many rolls of the border are needed?

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Alice's mother wants to wallpaper two adjacent walls in
Alice's bedroom. She also wants to put a border along
the top of all four walls. The bedroom is 9 ft by 12 ft by
8 ft high.
a) If each double roll covers approximately 60 ft² and the
wallpaper is sold in double rolls only, how many double
rolls are needed?
b) If the border is sold in rolls of 5 yd each, how many rolls
of the border are needed?
Transcribed Image Text:Alice's mother wants to wallpaper two adjacent walls in Alice's bedroom. She also wants to put a border along the top of all four walls. The bedroom is 9 ft by 12 ft by 8 ft high. a) If each double roll covers approximately 60 ft² and the wallpaper is sold in double rolls only, how many double rolls are needed? b) If the border is sold in rolls of 5 yd each, how many rolls of the border are needed?
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