Use the are formula for a rectangle which is Length times Width to find the amount of square feet of carpeting.(16 times 14=224ft^2) Then you need multiply 224 by 12 because you have 224 square feet at $12 per square foot. So in the end it will cost $2688 to get the new carpet.
The answer would be x=4 and y=-2.
Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:
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To get rid of the fraction
, multiply both sides of the equation by 3 (the denominator):

To get rid of the fraction
, multiply both sides of the equation by 5 (the denominator):

I hope this helps!
it would be 9.93300
so 3 decimal places because the zeros don't count