Question

me. Ford's kitchen is in the shape of a rectangle with a width of 12.25 feet. She is buying a wallpaper border to go on all of her kitchen walls. She wants to buy 5 extra feet of the border to be sure she has enough. She buys 62.5 feet of the border. What is the length of ms. Ford's kitchen?

Answer 1

The length of Ms. Ford's kitchen is 57.5 feet.

Explanation:

1. You have the following information given in the problem above:

- The kitchen is rectangular.

- Ms. Ford wants to buy 5 extra feet of wallpaper border.

- She buys a total of 62.5 feet of wallpaper border.

2. Therefore, to calculate the length of Ms. Ford's kitchen, you only need to substract 62.5 feet and the 5 extra feet of wallpaper border. Therefore, the result is:

`62.5ft-5ft=57.5ft`