Question

Jason has 75 feet wallpaper border.He wants to put up a wallpaper border around his rectangular bedroom that measures 12 feet by 14 feet. He multiplies 12×14=168 to get an exact answer of how much border he needs.He concludes that he does not have enough border for the whole job

Answer 1

So what is the answer

Answer 2

168

Answer 3

Why did he multiply? Why would it take 168 feet to border two 12-foot-walls and two 14-foot walls?

Answer 4

61

Answer 5

[AI-generated answer — Explain Bot]

To find out if Jason has enough wallpaper border to go around his rectangular bedroom, we need to calculate the perimeter of the room and compare it to the quantity of the border he has.

The perimeter of a rectangle can be found by adding the length of all its sides. In this case, the length of the room is 12 feet, and the width is 14 feet.

So, to calculate the perimeter:
Perimeter = 2 * (length + width)
Perimeter = 2 * (12 + 14) = 2 * 26 = 52 feet.

Now, since Jason has 75 feet of wallpaper border, we compare the perimeter of the room (52 feet) with the quantity of border he has (75 feet).

If the perimeter is greater than the quantity of border, then Jason does not have enough wallpaper border for the whole job. In this case, 52 feet is less than 75 feet, so he is correct in concluding that he does not have enough border for the entire room.