Question

Molly has enough paint to cover an area of 250 ft.² she wants to paint to walls the rectangle or wall is 8 feet high and 30 feet wide the square wall has a height of 9 feet does Molly have enough paint to cover the area of both walls?

Answer 1

Explanation:

Area of rectangle = length x width

Area of square = side x side

Given: Dimension of rectangular wall: 8 feet high and 30 feet wide

Area of rectangular wall = 8 feet x 30 feet = 240 ft²

Height of square wall = 9 feet

Area of square wall = 9 x 9 ft² = 81 ft²

Total area need to paint = 240 ft²+ 81 ft² = 321 ft² > 250 ft.²

i.e. Molly does not have enough p[aint to cover both walls.