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William is planning to cover one side of the roof of his barn with solar panels.
The part of the roof he plans to cover is 12 feet by 30 feet, and each solar panel is
encased in a frame that is 16 inches by 20 inches. What is the minimum number
of solar panels that William will need to purchase to completely cover this part
of his roof?
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Answer:

5 i think

Step-by-step explanation:

to start you need to find the total area the side of the roof he plans to cover which is 360 feet.

16x2 + 20x2 = 72

so lets just say thats the total area of one solar panel then you could just divide 360 feet by 72 feet to get...

5. so i guess william needs 5 solar panels

i could be spouting nonsense rn.. so sorry if im wrong