jim wants to put a wallpaper border around a rectangular room. The room measures 14 feet by 10 feet. If the wallpaper border comes in strips that are 20 feet long how many strips will jim need?
28 + 20 = 48 feet
48 / 20 = 2.4 strips.
But I'm sure he'd have to round up to 3 strips
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To find out how many strips Jim will need, we can divide the perimeter of the room by the length of each strip.
First, let's calculate the perimeter of the room. To do that, we add up the lengths of all four sides.
Perimeter of the room = 2(length + width)
Given that the length of the room is 14 feet and the width is 10 feet:
Perimeter of the room = 2(14 + 10) = 2(24) = 48 feet
Now that we know the perimeter of the room is 48 feet, we can find out how many strips of wallpaper border Jim will need. We divide the perimeter by the length of each strip.
Number of strips needed = Perimeter of the room / Length of each strip
Number of strips needed = 48 feet / 20 feet = 2.4
Since we cannot have a fraction of a strip, Jim will need to round up to the nearest whole number.
Therefore, Jim will need 3 strips of wallpaper border to go around the rectangular room.