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10-11-2014
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Are there more square inches in a piece of carpet 15 by 5 yards OR feet in a 20 mile walk? Please show your work.

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10-11-2014

15 yards=36 inches in a yard times 15=540in
5yds=36 times 5=180 in
so 180 times 540=97,200 in^2

5280 feet in a mile so 5280 times 20= 105,600 feet

105,600>9,200 so 'feet in a 20 mile walk' is more

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