Question

how wants to carpet a 12footby 18foot rectangular living room and a square bedroom. one side length of the square bedroom is 12feet. carpet costs $3.50 per square foot. what percent of the total amount Joe will pay will be spent on the carpeting the bedroom

Answer 1

Find areas
area of rectangle=legtnth times width
area of square=side^2

ara of living room=12*18=216
area of bedroom=12^2=144
total area=216+144=360 squar feet


3.5 per sqare foot
3.5 times 360=1260=total cost

bedroom cost=144*3.5=504
504/1260=0.40=40%