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A worker is to paint the walls of a square room 8.00 ft high and 12.0 ft along each side. What surface area in square meters must she cover?
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We know that 1 foot is approximately equal to 0.3048 meters. So, the height of the room in meters is $8 \times 0.3048 = 2.4384$ meters and the length of each side of the room in meters is $12 \times 0.3048 = 3.6576$ meters. Show more…
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