Question

Manny has four pieces of carpet in the shape of a square like the one shown. He wants to use them together to carpet a portion of his basement. What is the area of the space he can cover with carpet?

Answer 1

Answer:

the area of the space he can cover with carpet =  16x⁴ yards²

Step-by-step explanation:

The shape of the square is not shown in this question.

Let assume that the base of the shape of the square is 2x² yards.

and Manny has four of that.

Then side we known the base, we can calculate for the area of the square.

Area of a square = l²

Area of a square = (2x² yards)²

Area of a square = 4x⁴ yards²

However, since Manny has four pieces of that carpet and wants to use them together to carpet a portion of his basement.

Let the pieces of the carpet be carpet A, B, C and D

where; their side is 2x² yards, then their area = 4x⁴ yards²

the area of the space he can cover with carpet =  A+B+C+D

the area of the space he can cover with carpet =  4x⁴ yards² +  4x⁴ yards² +  4x⁴ yards² +  4x⁴ yards²

the area of the space he can cover with carpet =  16x⁴ yards²