Question

Carpet cost $1.50 a square foot. A

rectangular room is 18 feet long and 21
feet wide. How much would it cost to
carpet the floor? (HINT: Carpet covers an
area, how do we figures out area?)

Answer 1

It would cost $567 to carpet the floor of the given rectangular room.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the cost of carpeting a rectangular room, you multiply its length by its width to get the area. For a room that is 18 feet long and 21 feet wide:

Area = length × width

= 18 feet × 21 feet

= 378 square feet

The cost is then found by multiplying the area by the cost per square foot, which is $1.50:

Cost = Area × Cost per square foot

= 378 square feet × $1.50

= $567

So, it would cost $567 to carpet the floor of the given rectangular room.

Answer 2

To find the cost to carpet the room, multiply the area (378 sq ft) by the cost per square foot ($1.50), resulting in a total cost of $567.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate the cost to carpet the rectangular room, we first need to determine the area of the room. The area of a rectangle is found by multiplying its length by its width. In this case, the length of the room is 18 feet and the width is 21 feet.

Area = length × width = 18 ft × 21 ft = 378 square feet.

Since the carpet costs $1.50 per square foot, we then multiply the area of the room by the cost per square foot to find the total cost.

Total Cost = Area × Cost per square foot = 378 sq ft × $1.50/sq ft = $567.

Therefore, the total cost to carpet the room would be $567.