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One of your employees is bidding on a carpet installation job. They estimate that it will take 3 hours to install 12 square yards of carpeting in a room that measures 11' 6" by 12' 9" and that it will
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One of your employees is bidding on a carpet installation job. They estimate that it will take 3 hours to install 12 square yards of carpeting in a room that measures 11' 6" by 12' 9" and that it will take 12.3 hours to install the carpet. After reviewing the calculations, is the bid correct? If not, what error was made?

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No, the bid is about 3 times too high. The square yards may have not been converted to square feet.

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