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The Moore family is adding a brick patio to their back yard. Mr. Moore is determining how

many square bricks he needs for his rectangular patio, as well as the cost. His sketch is
shown below and is not drawn to scale. Use the formula A=bh to help answer the questions
below.

User Boukharist
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I have attached an image showing the sketch and the questions to answer.

Answer:

7) $1.28 per brick paver

8) 64 Sq.inches

9) $0.02 per Sq.inches

10) 0.4444 Sq.ft

11) 120 Sq.ft

12) Number of paver to cover patio = 270

Cost of that number = $345.6

Explanation:

7) from the image attached, we can see that a box of 12 pavers cost $15.36.

Thus,cost of each brick paver = 15.36/12

>> $1.28 per brick paver

8) we see on the right of the image attached that the dimension of the brick paver is 8 inches length and 8 inches width.

Thus; square inches is the area = 8 × 8 = 64 Sq.inches

9) 1 paver has an area of 64 Sq. Inches. Thus, 12 pavers has an area of;

12 × 64 = 768 Sq.inches

Since cost of 12 pavers is $15.36

Thus coat per Sq inches of the pavers = 15.36/768 = $0.02 per Sq.inches

10) To find the Sq.ft each paver would cover, we will first convert the dimensions of the paver to ft.

Thus;

Length of 8 inches = 8/12 ft

Width of 8 inches = 8/12 ft

Area = (8/12) × (8/12)

Area = 4/9 Sq.ft = 0.4444 Sq.ft

11) The patio measures;

Length = 12 ft

Width = 10 ft.

Thus;

Area = 12 × 10 = 120 Sq.ft

12) Each paver has an area of 4/9 Sq.ft.

Thus;

Number of pavers to cover the patio = area of patio/area of each paver

Number of pavers to cover patio = 120/(4/9) = 270 pavers

12 pavers cost $15.36

Thus, 270 pavers will cost;

270 × 15.36/12 = $345.6

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