Question

Question Number 22 You work for a company that manufactures large tarps used for groundcover. An order was placed for a rectangular tarp that will be made up of 8 strips of fabric. Each strip is 26 inches wide and 634 feet long. What is the area of the finished tarp in square yards? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.

Answer 1

Answer: the area of the finished tarp is 131872 square inches

Step-by-step explanation:

Search strip of tarp is rectangular. The formula for determining the area of a rectangle is expressed as

Area = length × width

An order was placed for a rectangular tarp that will be made up of 8 strips of fabric. Each strip is 26 inches wide and 634 feet long. The area of each strip of tarp is

Area = 26 × 634 = 16484 square inches

Therefore, the area of the finished tarp would be

8 × 16484 = 131872 square inches