Question

a bedroom is 15 ft long and 12 ft wide. How much will it cost to carpet the room if carpeting costs $22 per square yard? (1 yd = 3 ft) need help on the process pls!

Answer 1

The carpenting cost for bedroom is $ 440

Solution:

Given that a bedroom is 15 feet and 12 feet wide

Also carpeting costs $22 per square yard

To find: cost to carpet the room

The cost to carpet the room is calculated by multiplying area of bedroom by carpenting cost

Since bedroom is generally of rectangular shape, we can use area of rectangle formula

The area of rectangle is given as:

$\text {Area of rectangle }=\text { length } \times \text { width }$

Here length = 15 feet and width = 12 feet

$\text {Area of rectangle }=15 \times 12=180$

Thus area of bedroom is 180 square feet

Let us convert feet to yards

Given that 1 yard = 3 feet

$1 \text { feet }=\frac{1}{3} \text { yard }$

$180 \text { square feet }=180 \mathrm{feet}^{2}$

$\begin{array}{l}{180 \text { feet }^{2}=180 \times \frac{1}{3} \times \frac{1}{3} \text { yard }^{2}} \\\\ {180 \text { feet }^{2}=20 \text { yard }^{2}}\end{array}$

Calculating carpenting cost:

$\text {carpenting cost }=\text { area of bedroom } \times \text { cost per square yard }$

$\begin{array}{l}{\text { carpenting cost }=20 \times 22} \\\\ {\text { carpenting cost }=\ 440}\end{array}$

Thus the carpenting cost for bedroom is $ 440