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minus-squareOhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up18·11 months agoClose, it’s 4840 square yards not square feet,.
minus-squareLifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 months agoI get what you mean, but something about the word close bothers me when they were missing 88.8% of the area.
minus-squareLiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoOne hundred square feet is ten feet by ten feet on a side. Now, change each side to ten yards by ten yards. That means each side is thirty feet long. Thirty feet times thirty feet is nine hundred square feet.
minus-squareLifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months ago3x3. They counted 1x1. 1/9. 8/9 is .8888 Easy math on divde by 9 1/9. .1111111 2/9 .222222 3/9 .333333 All the way to 9/9 where .9999 equals 1
minus-squareBfcht@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoThe area is squared, so 12-(1/3)2 which is .888 or about 88.8%
Close, it’s 4840 square yards not square feet,.
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I get what you mean, but something about the word close bothers me when they were missing 88.8% of the area.
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One hundred square feet is ten feet by ten feet on a side. Now, change each side to ten yards by ten yards. That means each side is thirty feet long. Thirty feet times thirty feet is nine hundred square feet.
3x3. They counted 1x1. 1/9. 8/9 is .8888
Easy math on divde by 9 1/9. .1111111 2/9 .222222 3/9 .333333 All the way to 9/9 where .9999 equals 1
The area is squared, so 12-(1/3)2 which is .888 or about 88.8%