Question

Andy is carpeting a recreation room 18 ft. long and 12 ft. wide. If the carpeting costs $15 persquare yard, what will be the total cost of the carpet?

Answer 1

We know that there are 3 ft in a yard. This way, the room is 6 yards long and 4 yards wide.

The area of the room would be:

`6\cdot4=24`

24 square yards

At $15 per square yard,

`15\cdot24=360`

The total cost of the carpet would be $360