Carpet sells for $4 per square foot and will cost you $748 to recarpet your rectangular room. If your room is 17 feet long, how

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notka56 [123]

3 years ago

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Carpet sells for $4 per square foot and will cost you $748 to recarpet your rectangular room. If your room is 17 feet long, how

many feet wide is it?

Mathematics

2 answers:

kondaur [170] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-26T13:41:51+03:00

kondaur [170]3 years ago

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The answer is 11ft.
Hope it helped!

alexandr1967 [171] · Answer 2 · 2022-03-26T12:12:02+03:00

alexandr1967 [171]3 years ago

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If the carpet sells for 4 per sq ft, and u paid 748...then u got (748/4) = 187 sq ft. of carpet

A = L * W
A = 187
L = 17

187 = 17W
187/17 = W
11 = W <=== the width of the room is 11 ft