The parking lot at a store has a width of 19 yards 1 foot and a length of 31 yards. derrick says that the width could also be written as 20 feet. select the best explanation for derrick's mistake. what is the proper measurement of the width of parking lot in feet? the width of the parking lot measures feet. the cost to repave the parking lot is $2 per square foot. what is the area of the parking lot in feet? how much would it cost to repave the parking lot? the area of the parking lot is feet2. the total cost to repave the parking lot is $

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Maleah Chen

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18 September, 18:53

The parking lot at a store has a width of 19 yards 1 foot and a length of 31 yards. derrick says that the width could also be written as 20 feet. select the best explanation for derrick's mistake. what is the proper measurement of the width of parking lot in feet? the width of the parking lot measures feet. the cost to repave the parking lot is $2 per square foot. what is the area of the parking lot in feet? how much would it cost to repave the parking lot? the area of the parking lot is feet2. the total cost to repave the parking lot is $

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Bruce Blackburn · Answer 1

Derricks mistake is that there are 3 feet in a yard and he thought a yard meant one foot only so 19+1=20 but the width is 58 feet. The area of the parking lot is 93x58 = 5,394 feet. The cost to fix it would be $10,788.