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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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?
6 square feet
12 square feet
24 square feet
48 square feet

Mathematics

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Genrish500 [490] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-07T08:17:31+03:00

Genrish500 [490]3 years ago

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8 ft wide, 12 ft long......so if u want it 2 ft wide, u have a scale factor of 1/4.
that means ur length will be 12 * 1/4 = 12/4 = 3 ft long

A = L * W
A = 3 * 2
A = 6 square ft <==

Sholpan [36] · Answer 2 · 2022-07-07T09:23:52+03:00

Sholpan [36]3 years ago

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Answer:

A.6

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