Question

Maria is buying new carpet. Her bedroom is in the shape of a square and the length id each side is 12 feet. Write and simplify an exponential expression to find how much carpet she needs.

Answer 1

Answer: She needed 144 square feet of carpet.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : Maria is buying new carpet. Her bedroom is in the shape of a square.

The length of each side is 12 feet.

We know that the area of square = $(side)^2$

So , the area of the bedroom = $(12)^2$  [which is an exponential expression]

Simplify it

The area of the bedroom = $12\times12=144\ \text{ft}^2$

Also, the carpet she needed = Area of the bedroom.

Thus , She needed 144 square feet of carpet.