Question

Juan is designing an exercise room in his house. How many square feet of rubber flooring will he need to cover the floor? The product is sold in whole square yards. How many square yards should he buy? Explain. 10 ft 3 ft 4 ft 13 ft The total area of the exercise room is 118 ft. This is also the total amount of rubber flooring that Juan must have. (Type a whole number.) The number of square yards equivalent to this total area is 13.1 square yards. (Round to the nearest tenth as needed.) square yards. Since rubber flooring is sold in whole sq. yards, Juan must purchase exactly (Round up to the nearest square yard.) Check Answer Enter your answer in the answer box and then click Check Answer.

Answer 1

By the calculations, Juan needs exactly 13.1 square yards of rubber floor.

As this product comes in whole square yards, we have to buy a whole number of square yards.

If we round the value, we get 13 square yards, but this is less than what Juan needs, so we need to purchase one square yard more.

Then, Juan has to buy 14 square yards of rubber floor.