Question

Bonnie wanted to have laminate flooring put down in severalrooms of her home. The flooring costs $2.49 a square foot and thelabor is $0.99 a square foot. The flooring comes in boxes of 22.69sq.ft. per box. If she has 1,200 square feet of area to cover, answerthe following questions based on the information.1. How many boxes of flooring would she need to purchase,knowing whole boxes only have to be purchased? 53boxes2. How many total square feet would this many boxes equal?1202.57sq.ft.3. If the per box price was a little lower than the price per squarefoot, how much would the total number of boxes needed cost ifeach box cost $55.60? $ 1223.24. Based on the amount of square feet being covered, what wouldthe labor costs be? $ 1212.12

Answer 1

Area to cover= 1200 ft^2

Boxes= 22.69 ft^2

Part 1.

The number of boxes she has to purchase is given by the following equation.

`22.69*x=1200`

Where x is the number of boxes.

Solving for x:

`x=(1200)/(22.69)=52.886\approx53`

As the number of boxes has to be a integer the number will be: 53.

Part 2.

The total square feet for 53 boxes is going to be:

`22.69ft^2*53=1202.57ft^2\approx1202.6ft^2`

The total square feet for 53 boxes is 1202.6 square feet.

Part 3.

each box= $55.60

The cost for 53 boxes is:

`55.60*53=2946.8`

The total cost is: $2946.8

Part 4:

Labor cost per square feet=0.99

Total square feet to cover= 1200.

The total cost will be:

`0.99*1200=1188`

The total labor cost is: $1188.