Question

17. You have $850 to buy new carpet for the game room. The dimensions of the game

Answer 1

Answer:

Cost of new carpet per square foot should be less than or equal to $3.54.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Money have to buy carpet = $\ 850$

dimension of game room is 20 feet by 12 feet

So we can say length l = 20 feet

and width w = 12 feet

let $x$ be the cost per square foot for new carpet.

Assuming game room to be rectangular in shape we will find the area of it.

Area of room = $length \ l \times width \ w = 20 ft\times 12 ft = 240 \ ft^2$

Total area $\times$ cost per square feet ≤ Total money we have

Hence,

$240 \ ft^2 \times x \leq \ 850\\\\x\leq \frac{\ 850}{240 \ ft^2}\\\\x\leq \ 3.54 \ per \ ft^2$

Hence Cost of new carpet per square foot should be less than or equal to $3.54.