Question

Question 1

Marcus needs to buy a carpet
for his room. The area of the
carpet needs to be 140 square
feet. If the length of the carpet
is 10 feet, what will the width of
the carpet be?

Answer 1

14 ft

Explanation:

Given carpet with:

• S = 140 ft²
• l = 10 ft
• w = ?

Since S = wl,

• w = S/l = 140/10 = 14 ft