Question

A local carpet company has been hired to carpet a planetarium which is in the shape of a circle. If the radius of the planetarium is six yards, and the cost of the carpet is $14 per square yard, find the total cost to carpet the planetarium. (use 3.14 for π )

Answer 1

This is the concept of application of geometry and financial mathematics; To calculate for the total cost of the carpet we proceed as follows;
Total cost=[area of the carpet]*[price per square yard]
area of carpet is given by:
Area=πr^2
where;
radius,r=6 yeards
=π*6^2
=113.1 square yards
therefore the price of the carpet will be:
113.1*14
=$1,583.4