Question

and United States Lowe's sells particular carpet for $4.88 per square foot in the United Kingdom carpetright sells assembler carpet for 12.99 per square meter that's 12.99 lb Sterling per square meter which companies carpet is cheaper by how many dollars per square foot the current exchange rate is one pound sterling equals $1.28 US dollars use the fact that one is 3.28 ft to create a two-dimensional conversion factor that connects square meters in square feet

Answer 1

The carpet of United Kingdom carpet-right is cheaper by 3.33 dollars/ft²

Explanation

Price of the carpet in United States Lowe's is 4.88 dollars/ft²

Price of the carpet in United Kingdom carpet-right is 12.99 pound sterling/m²

1 pound sterling = 1.28 US dollars and 1 meter = 3.28 ft . So....

12.99 pound sterling/ m²

$=\frac{(12.99) pound sterling}{(1 meter)^2}\\ \\ = \frac{(12.99*1.28)dollars}{(3.28 ft)^2} =\frac{16.6272 dollar}{10.7584 ft^2}= 1.55 dollar/ft^2$

As the unit price of the carpet per square feet in United Kingdom carpet-right is less than United States Lowe's, so the carpet of United Kingdom carpet-right is cheaper by $(4.88-1.55)dollar/ft^2 = 3.33 dollar/ft^2$