Question

pete and chasten plan to have new carpet installed in their living room. they measure and find that the room is 300 ft² . the carpet they want sells for $22 per square yard installed. how much will it cost to have the room carpeted?

Answer 1

To determine the cost to carpet a 300 square foot living room at $22 per square yard, you convert the square footage to square yards (300 sq ft ÷ 9 = 33.33 sq yd) and multiply by the cost per square yard, resulting in a total cost of approximately $733.26.

Step-by-step explanation:

Pete and Chasten want to carpet a 300 square foot living room with carpeting that costs $22 per square yard. To find out how much it will cost, we need to convert square feet to square yards because carpet pricing is usually given per square yard. There are 9 square feet in a square yard. Therefore, to convert to square yards, we would divide 300 square feet by 9.

The calculation is as follows:

300 sq ft ÷ 9 sq ft/sq yd = 33.33 sq yd (rounded to two decimal places)

Now, we multiply the area in square yards by the cost per square yard:

33.33 sq yd x $22/sq yd = $733.26

Therefore, the cost to carpet the living room will be approximately $733.26.