1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
dalvyx [7]
3 years ago
8

A piece of carpet is 8 feet wide and 12 feet long the carpet needs to be reduced by a scale farctor so that the reduced carpet i

s 2 feet wide. What is the area of the reduced carpet?
Mathematics
1 answer:
Murljashka [212]3 years ago
5 0

Answer: 6 ft ^  2

Step-by-step explanation:

We have been given that a piece of carpet is 8 feet wide and 12 feet long. The carpet needs to be reduced by a scale factor so that the reduced carpet is 2 feet wide.

First of all, let us find the scale factor by which the width of the carpet has been reduced.

<em>Original width of carpet x scale factor = 12</em>

<em>Dividing both sides by 8 feet we will get:</em>

<u><em>8 feet x Scale factor/8 ft = 2/8 ft</em></u>

<em>Scale Factor = 1/4 </em>

<em>Let us find the length of carpet after reduced by a scale factor of 1/4. </em>

Length of the carpet after reducing a factor of 1/4=12 ft x 1/4

Length of the carpet after reducing a factor of 1/4=3 ft.

Now we will multiply the reduced length and width of the carpet to find the area of reduced carpet.

Area of reduced carpet = 2 ft x 3 ft

Area of reduced carpet = 6 ft

Therefore, the area of reduced carpet is 6 square feet.

You might be interested in
Which equation is tru when the value of x is 3.5?
Murljashka [212]
None of the equations are true they are all false when you plug in 3.5 for x
7 0
2 years ago
Ask me question plz........
Crank

Answer:

If You Had Three Wishes, What Would You Wish For?

Step-by-step explanation:

Is this what you mean?

6 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Help me with this please
insens350 [35]
%69 of visited only one place
4 0
3 years ago
I dont understand linear equations,what is the purpose of a linear equation?
Darina [25.2K]

A linear equation in two variables describes a relationship in which the value of one of the variables depends on the value of the other variable. In a linear equation in x and y, x is called x is the independent variable and y depends on it. We call y the dependent variable.

4 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
A spinner is divided into 16 sections.3 sections are red 6 are blue 5 are purple and 2 are orange. If you spin the spinner what
Ahat [919]
6/16 or 3/8 because if there are 6 blue out of 16 that it obvious. Please press thank you cuz I hope it helps.
7 0
3 years ago
Other questions:
  • Is (0,0) a solution to this system y2x-1
    10·1 answer
  • What is a real-world situation that can be modeled by the equation | x - 14 | = 3?
    13·1 answer
  • Brainliest to best answer
    10·1 answer
  • How do you find the y intercept for something? Is it when x is zero? Please Help!!!!!
    13·2 answers
  • What is the solution set for | s/2 + 4| &lt; 2
    15·1 answer
  • sock drawer contains 18 blue socks and 10 black socks. If two socks are randomly drawn from the drawer without replacement, what
    11·1 answer
  • Plz help GEOMTRY <br> Only 3 questions did. The slope of M given the following points
    10·1 answer
  • A house number is displayed on a plaque in the shape of a regular 7-sided polygon. The area of the plaque is 70 squared inches.
    13·1 answer
  • The triangles are similar. What is the value of x? Enter your answer in the box. <br><br>x =
    9·1 answer
  • Hilbert axioms changed Euclids geometry by
    10·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!