Question

A shopper is visiting an outdoors market and finds a rug to buy. The shopper does not have a measuring tape to measure the rug. Instead, the shopper takes steps across the rug to determine the dimensions. The shopper's shoes are approximately 12 niches long. What is the estimated area f the rug?

Answer 1

The rug and the steps are missing,so i have attached it.

Answer:

27 ft²

Explanation:

From the rug attached, we can see that the steps are indicated in blue footprints.

Now, the horizontal foot prints will intersect the vertical one after 4.5 footprints.

While the vertical one will intersect the horizontal one after approximately 3 footprints.

Each foot is 12 inches.

Now, 1 ft = 12 inches.

Thus;

Vertical = 4.5 ft and horizontal = 3 ft

Thus;

Area of that portion = 4.5 × 3 = 13.5 ft²

Now, that is only half way.

Thus, for full part = 13.5 × 2 = 27 ft²