Question

The floor of Mr. Carson's rectangular Office is 7 yards by 5.5 yards. He is going co carpet the entire floor of the office with carpeting that costs $45 per square yard not including installation, which is $175. Which is the total cost to carpet the office? 4.) $1,125.00

Answer 1

Let y be the number of square yards to carpet. The expression that represents the cost is:

`45y+175`

Now, the total square yards to carpet is:

`7\cdot5.5=38.5`

Using this in the expression we've defined from the start,

`45(38.5)+175=1907.5`

We'll get that the total cost to carpet the office is $1,907.50