Question

A contractor needed a small workshop. He found a preengineered steel building advertised for $12,099. If the building is a 36-ft by 36-ft square, what is the cost of the

building per square foot?
The cost of the building per square foot is $(Round to the nearest cent as needed.)

Answer 1

$9.34 per square foot

Explanation:

You want the cost per square foot of a 36 foot square building that costs $12,099.

Cost per square foot

The cost per square foot is found by dividing the cost by the number of square feet. That area is found as the square of the side length:

A = s²

A = (36 ft)² = 1296 ft²

Then the cost is ...

cost per square foot = ($12099)/(1296 ft²) ≈ $9.34/ft²

The cost of the building is about $9.34 per square foot.

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