Question

You pay $3 per square foot for carpeting. Which equation can be solved to find the amount you will pay to cover a triangular section of the floor with a base of 2 yards and a height of 5 yards?

Answer 1

First you have to find the area of the triangular section of the floor.
The equation is 1/2bh
1/2(2*5)
1/2 of 10
5
Then do 3 times 5
The answer is $15

Answer 2

Area of a triangle equation u will need to find the amount.
Which is 1/2b×h
1/2 ×2×5
5 yards squard( 1 yard= 3 feet)
5×3= 15 feet ^2

Then convert in 3 moretime