Paul is a professional wallpaper hanger and can wallpaper 120 ft squared in 30 minutes. He will be papering four walls in a house. They measure 6 ft times 11 ft​, 8 ft times 11 ft​, 11 ft times 8 ft​, and 10 ft times 12 ft. How many minutes will it take him to paper all four​ walls?

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Answer 1

To find the total square footage of all four walls, we add up the square footage of each individual wall:

6 ft * 11 ft = 66 ft squared
8 ft * 11 ft = 88 ft squared
11 ft * 8 ft = 88 ft squared
10 ft * 12 ft = 120 ft squared

Total square footage = 66 + 88 + 88 + 120 = 362 ft squared

Now we can calculate how many minutes it will take Paul to wallpaper all four walls:
120 ft squared in 30 minutes
So, 362 ft squared will take:
(362 ft squared / 120 ft squared) * 30 minutes = 90.5 minutes

Therefore, it will take Paul approximately 90.5 minutes to wallpaper all four walls.