Question

Problem Fernanda wants to tile her 5 m × 2.5 m 5 m×2.5 m5, start text, space, m, end text, times, 2, point, 5, start text, space, m, end text room. She has two options, granite, and marble. Granite costs 600 600600 rupees per square metre and marble costs 1000 10001000 rupees per square metre. What is the additional cost of using marble to tile the floor instead of granite? rupees

Answer 1

5000 rupees

Explanation:

Given the following :

Dimension of room = 5m × 2.5m

Cost of granite = 600 rupees per square meter

Cost of marble = 1000 rupees per square meter

Additional cost of using marble instead of granite :

Area of room = Area of rectangle = Length * width

Area of room = 5m × 2.5m = 12.5m^2

Cost of using granite:

Area of room × cost of granite per square meter

12.5 × 600 = 7500 rupees

Cost of using marble:

Area of room × cost of marble per square meter

12.5 × 1000 = 12,500 rupees

Difference in cost :

(12500 - 7500) rupees = 5000 rupees

Additional cost incurred if marble is used = 5000 rupees