A thin strip of wood laminate is to be glued to the edges of a table . The length of laminate required is equal to the perimeter of the table , which has dimensions 190 cm by 95 cm . The laminate is sold in 8ft lengths . How much laminate must be purchased?
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A thin strip of wood laminate is to be glued to the edges of a table . The length of laminate required is equal to the perimeter of the table , which has dimensions 190 cm by 95 cm . The laminate is sold in 8ft lengths . How much laminate must be purchased?
so you need (2)(190)cm + (2)(95) cm of laminate = 570 cm
conversion factor from feet to cm is 1 ft = 30.48 cm
so 8 ft = 243.84 cm
570 cm / 243.84 cm/length = 2.34 lengths
assuming they won't sell you part of a length, you need 3 lengths
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