In the original design for the living room, Genevieve planned to have a 6 ft by 8 ft floor rug made. After looking at the budget, however, she discovered she only had enough money to make a rug 0.75 times the size of the original. How much fringe must she purchase to outline the new rug?

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In the original design for the living room, Genevieve planned to have a 6 ft by 8 ft floor rug
made. After looking at the budget, however, she discovered she only had enough money to
make a rug 0.75 times the size of the original. How much fringe must she purchase to outline
the new rug?
She must purchase
feet of fringe. (Enter only a whole number, no
units)
4
7
10
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Transcribed Image Text:In the original design for the living room, Genevieve planned to have a 6 ft by 8 ft floor rug made. After looking at the budget, however, she discovered she only had enough money to make a rug 0.75 times the size of the original. How much fringe must she purchase to outline the new rug? She must purchase feet of fringe. (Enter only a whole number, no units) 4 7 10 11 12 Next
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Amount of fringe required is equal to the perimeter of rug.

Since, the rug is of the rectangular shape so for finding the perimeter of the rug we will use the formula of perimeter of rectangle i.e. 2(length +breadth)

 

 

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