Question

Elliott’s backyard is 4800 square feet. His dad is going to pave 15% of this area to use as a patio. How many square feet will be paved?

Answer 1

Seven hundred and twenty square feet of pavement

Answer 2

Answer: 720 square feet.

Explanation:

Given : Elliott’s backyard is 4800 square feet.

His dad is going to pave 15% of this area to use as a patio.

We can rewrite 15% as 0.15 [To convert percent into decimal we divide it by 100.]

Then , the number of square feet will be paved is given by :-

`0.15*4800=720`

Hence, the required answer is 720 square feet.