+127 a painter has been asked to increase the size of his mural. It will now take up the whole wall, which is 24% longer and 12% wider than the original mural size. The mural's total area would be increased by how much (rounded to nearest percent)?
Answer choices :
a 36%
b 39%
c 41%
d 45%
e 48%
THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH IF YOU ANSWER THIS CORRECTLY
+37146 Let's say the mural originally is 100 x 100 = 10000 sq ft
new size will be 124 x 112 = 13888 sq ft
13888/10000 = 1.3888 times bigger ...or 38.88 percent bigger ~~ 39 percent
+37146 Let's say the mural originally is 100 x 100 = 10000 sq ft
new size will be 124 x 112 = 13888 sq ft
13888/10000 = 1.3888 times bigger ...or 38.88 percent bigger ~~ 39 percent
+118677 Thanks EP :)
yes I was going to let the original area be 1 and the new are will be
1.24*1.12 = 1.3888
So it has increased by 39%
+118677 I just realized this is a repeat question - I have deleted the onther one.
Please do not do that Tony. It means your question may get much more attention than it needs and someone else will not get answered at all.
You can draw attention to you question by posting a second request for help with a link (copy and paste the address) to the first question.
The question should then be answered on the ORIGINAL thread.
