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

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

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 * 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 * 288 = \$1033.92`

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

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