Question

Manuel wants to replace the wooden floor at his gym. The floor is in the shape of a rectangle. Its length is 50 feet and its width is 25 feet. Suppose wood flooring costs $8 for each square foot. How much will the wood flooring cost for the floor?

Answer 1

$ 10,000

Explanation:

Manuel wants to replace the wooden floor at his gym. The floor is in the shape of a rectangle. Its length is 50 feet and its width is 25 feet.

The gym floor is shaped like a rectangle

Area of a rectangle = Length × Width

= 50 feet × 25 feet

= 1250 ft²

Suppose wood flooring costs $8 for each square foot.

The wood flooring cost for the floor is calculated as

1 ft² = $8

1250ft² = x

Cross Multiply

1250 ft² × $8

$ 10,000

The wood flooring cost for the floor is $10,000