Question

Claire's bedroom measures 16 feet by 18 feet if the purple carpet that she wants to buy costs $3.59 per square foot what will it cost to buy a new carpet for her bedroom?

Answer 1

Answer:

Cost of purple carpet for Claire's bedroom is $1033.92.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

The dimension of bedroom are given as 16 feet and 18 feet.

Hence we can say that;

Length = 18 feet

width = 16 feet

Cost of carpet per square feet = $3.59

We will first find the area of the bedroom.

Area of bedroom can be calculated by multiplying length with width.

Area of bedroom = $16 \times 18 = 288 ft^2$

Hence Area of bedroom is 288 square feet.

Now we know that;

Cost of carpet per square feet = $3.59

Hence Cost of carpet  for 288 square feet is ;

we will unitary method to find the same;

Cost of carpet for bedroom = $\ 3.59 \times 288 = \ 1033.92$

Hence Cost of carpet for Claire's bedroom is $1033.92.

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