Question

Min Jee is renovating a house. The living room is a rectangle 22 2/3 feet long and 17 1/4 feet wide. Min Jee wants to put in new flooring in the living room. The flooring is sold by the square yard for $13.59. How much flooring does she need and how much will it cost?

Answer 1

She will nee 391 square feet of flooring at $13.59: $5313.69

Answer 2

Find out the how much flooring does she need and how much will it cost .

To prove

As given

Min Jee is renovating a house.

`The\ living\ room\ is\ a\ rectangle\ 22 (2)/(3) feet\ long\ and\ 17 (1)/(4)\ feet \wide.`

i.e

`The\ living\ room\ is\ a\ rectangle\ (68)/(3) feet\ long\ and\ (69)/(4)\ feet \wide.`

Formula

Area of a rectangle = Length × Breadth

Put all in the formula

`flooring\ Min\ Jee\ needs = (68* 69)/(3* 4)`

`flooring\ Min\ Jee\ needs = (4692)/(12)`

`flooring\ Min\ Jee\ needs = 391\ feet^(2)`

As 1 feet = 0.3 yard

Flooring Min Jee needs = 391 × 0.3 × 0.3

= 35.19 yard²(Approx)

As given

The flooring is sold by the square yard for $13.59.

Thus

The cost of the flooring = 13.59 × 35.19

= $478.23

Therefore the flooring Mic Jee needs be 35.19 yard²(Approx) and the cost of the flooring is $478.23 .