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The sides of a square-shaped room are 9 feet long. Nick wants to buy carpet to cover the floor of the room. If the carpet costs $3.00 per square foot, how much will it cost to buy enough carpet for the room?

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Answer:

Total cost = $243 for a 9 ft. long square-shaped room

Explanation:

Step 1: First, we need to find the area of the room. The formula for area of a square is:

A = s^2, where

  • A is the area in square units,
  • and s is the side length

Since the side length is 9 ft, we plug in 9 for s in the area of a square formula:

A = 9 ^2

A = 81 square ft.

Step 2: Since the carpet costs $3.00/square foot, we can multiply 3 by 81 to find the total cost of the carpet:

Total cost = 3 * 81

Total cost = $243

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