Question

On a wall of area 3700 sq. cm, 79 mural paintings are done. The remaining area of the wall is used to hang banners. Find the area for the banners.

Answer 1

Total area of the wall = 3700 sq. cm
Number of mural paintings = 79

Remaining area on the wall will be the remainder of 3700 $÷$ 79

Calculating 3700 $÷$ 79 by long division method, we get:

4 6
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7 9 ) 3 7 0 0 79 $\times$ 4 = 316
3 1 6 79 $\times$ 6 = 474
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5 4 0
4 7 4
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6 6

The remainder of 3700 $÷$ 79 is 66.

∴ Area for the banners = 66 sq.ft