A rectangular rug is 12.5 feet long and 10 feet wide. The rug needs to be reduced by a factor 1/5 of to be placed near a door. What is the area of the reduced rug in square feet?

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31 July, 03:33

A rectangular rug is 12.5 feet long and 10 feet wide. The rug needs to be reduced by a factor 1/5 of to be placed near a door. What is the area of the reduced rug in square feet?

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Valerie Stanley · Answer 1

Area of current rug is

A = l x w

A = 12.5 x 10

A = 125

Reduce the original by 1/5

So, you will take the original and multiply by 1/5 or (20%)

125 x 1/5 = 25 reduction

So, new is 125 - 25 = 100

Adelaide Chaney · Answer 2

Its 95 because she miss calculated