Jim's living room is 23 feet wide and 25 feet long. He wants to put a border around the top of the room. The cost of the border is $1.00 per foot. How much will it cost to buy enough of the border to go around the room?
Mathematics · High School · Tue Nov 03 2020
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Given:
Length = 25 feet
Width = 23 feet
Perimeter = 2(length + width )
Perimeter = 2 (25 + 23) feet
= 2 (48)
= 96 feet
Cost of the boarder per foot = $1
So, total cost = 96 × 1
= $96
Thus, it will cost $96 to buy enough of the border to go around the room.