Question

Maria is buying new carpet. Her bedroom is in the shape of a square and the length id each side is 12 feet. Write and simplify an exponential expression to find how much carpet she needs.

Answer 1

Answer: She needed 144 square feet of carpet.

Explanation:

Given : Maria is buying new carpet. Her bedroom is in the shape of a square.

The length of each side is 12 feet.

We know that the area of square =
`(side)^2`

So , the area of the bedroom =
`(12)^2` [which is an exponential expression]

Simplify it

The area of the bedroom =
`12*12=144\ \text{ft}^2`

Also, the carpet she needed = Area of the bedroom.

Thus , She needed 144 square feet of carpet.