Question

Lara's living room is 9 meters wide and 9 meters long. She wants to install purple carpet that costs $8.00 per square meter. How much will it cost to buy enough carpet for the living room?

Answer 1

$648.00

Explanation:

==>Given:

Squared living room of 9m by 9m

Cost of purple carpet per m² = $8.00

==>Required:

Cost of buying carpet to cover the squared living room

==>Solution:

Find the area of the room:

Area of squared room = 9m × 9m = 81m²

Find cost of purple carpet that would cover 81m²:

Let x be the cost of carpet required to cover the room.

Thus,

1m² = $8.00

81m² = x

cross multiply

1*x = 8.00*81

x = 648

Cost of purple carpet to cover the living room = x = $648.00