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A hall is 16 m long and 12 m broad. Find the cost of carpeting it at 7615 per m², after leaving a

margin of 1 metre all around.

User Akxe
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Explanation:

so, we leave a margin of 1 meter without carpet all around the hall.

that means we are carpeting the area of

(16-1)×(12-1) = 15 × 11 = 165 m²

the cost per m² (as you wrote in the definition) is 7615.

that means the total costs are

165 × 7615 = 1,256,475

you did not give the currency, but I think you made a typo at least with the price per m² (maybe it was $76.15).

use you calculator and do the last multiplication with the actual price per m².

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