A piece of carpet is 8 feet wide and 12 feet long. The carpet needs to be reduced by a scale factor so that the reduced carpet i

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asambeis [7]

2 years ago

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A piece of carpet is 8 feet wide and 12 feet long. The carpet needs to be reduced by a scale factor so that the reduced carpet i

s 2 feet wide. What is the area of the reduced carpet

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saw5 [17] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-15T08:06:06+03:00

saw5 [17]2 years ago

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6 feet because 8 / 12 reduces to 2 / 3 and you multiply 2 times 3

PolarNik [594] · Answer 2 · 2021-12-15T09:48:26+03:00

PolarNik [594]2 years ago

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Hi there.

So, we've got the dimensions.

l = 12, w = 8

We know that the width has been divided by 4. That means we also divide the length by 4. This gives us the new dimensions of:

l = 3, w = 2

A = lw

3 · 2 = 6 ft²

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