Question

Joy was buying carpeting she knew that the room she was going to cover was 12ft by 18ft the carpet she was wanting to buy normally cost $24 per square yard there was a sale for 25%off the price how much would she pay for the carpet without sales tax.

A.what is the length in yards
B.what is the width in yards
C.what is the area in yards squared
D.what is the price for that many square yards
E.what is price after 25% off the price

Answer 1

Note that 1 yd=3 ft. Then

A. Length 18 ft=6·3 ft=6·1 yd=6 yd;

B. Width 12 ft=4·3 ft=4·1 yd=4 yd;

C. The eare is

`width\cdot length=4\cdot 6=24` sq. yd;

D. The price is $24 per square yard, then for 24 sq. yd the price is

`24\cdot 24=576;`

E. The price after 25% off the price $576 is

`\$576\cdot 0.75=\$432.`