Homework Help: math

Posted by jaz on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 8:17pm.

a student is painting one wall of a room. a square window is located in the middle of the wall to be painted. the window measures 3 feet on one side. the area of the wall, not including the window, is 80ft squared. find the height of the wall to the nearest tenth.

math - Reiny, Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 8:25pm
area of whole wall = 80+9 = 89 ft^2

area = bh , where b is the base and h is the height
h = 89/b

you are missing information.
math - bob, Thursday, February 7, 2013 at 1:12am
4square root.Of 5

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