Carrisa is building a new dining room table.the center of it is a rectangular section from polished rocks. that section measures 39 inches by 53 inches. she is also going to place a wooden, eight-inch rectangular lip all the way around the perimeter. what is the area of the wooden part?
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If the inside dimensions of the boarder are 39 inches by 53 inches and the width of your boarder is 8 inches, then you should split the eight inches and add it to the inside dimensions. Therefore, the median dimensions of the boarder is 43 inches by 57 inches. Area is a length times a width. You need to add all of the lengths times your width. 43 inches plus 57 inches plus 43 inches plus 57 inches equals 200 inches. 200 inches times 8 inches equals 1600 square inches. To get that in square feet, divide by 144. 1600 divided by 144 is about 11.11 square feet. That is the area of the boarder.