Question

Jennifer's dining room is 10 feet wide and 23 feet long. Jennifer wants to install wooden trim around the top of the room. The trim costs $0.85 per foot. How much will it cost Jennifer to buy enough trim?

Answer 1

Explanation:

Given room looks like a rectangular room.Let w be the wide and l be long of the rectangular room respectively.Given,w=10 feet and l=24 feet.

we know area of the rectangular room= l*w

So,area=10*23

area=230 sq.feet

Given,cost of trim=$0.85 per foot

So,total cost =230* 0.85

=195.5

So,Jennifer charges $195.5 to buy enough