Question

Hana paid $1,200 for his carpet in her living room. The room has an area of 251.2 square feet. What was her unit cost of carpeting in dollars per square foot? Round to the nearest cent.

Answer 1

Answer:

The unit cost of carpeting in dollars per square foot was $4.78 after rounding to the nearest cent.

Explanation:

In order to get the unit cost, it is necessary to divide the amount Hana paid by the number of square feet, as ti follows, 1200 ÷ 251.2 = 4.77707006, rounding to the closest cent it would change to 4.78 since the quantity is closer to 78 than 76 for 3 digits, then in a rounded version of the cost Hana paid 4.78 dollars per square feet.

Answer 2

$4.78 cents. You take the total cost of the entire square footage and divide it be the about of square footage thats is present. (1,200 / 251.2) = roughly $4.78