Question

The bedroom in your new home is 12 feet by 18 feet. The carpeting you’ve chosen costs $9 per square foot. How much will it cost to carpet your bedroom? Note: To find the area of a rectangle, multiply the length times the width

Answer 1

Cost = 216 × 9

Cost = $1944

Explanation:

The carpeting costs $9 per square foot, or each foot squared.

First, find the total area covered by the bedroom floor.

Do this by multiplying the width of the floor by the length to find the area.

A = 12 × 18

A = 216 feet²

Now, one square foot costs $9. Therefore, finding how much 216 square feet costs will look as follows:

Cost = 216 × 9

Cost = $1944