Monday, November 19, 2012

Textbook pg.79, #15

             


     15. Kai needs to replace the strip of laminate that is glued to the vertical faces on a square tabletop. The tabletop has an area of 1.69m². What length does she need?

            Solution: 


                Explanation:    We are squaring the area of the tabletop because we are trying to find which factors are equivalents to 1.69m² and those factors are the side length of the tabletop.

                ANSWER:  Kai needs 1.3m laminate.




                       

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