Answer:
What error did the salesman make?
The salesman made an error when convert 270 square feet to yards.
What should be the actual cost of the carpet?
The actual cost of the carpet is $360
Explanation:
From the question, we are told that:Tisha orders a carpet for a room that measures 270 square feet.
This means the room needs 270 square feet of carpet
But from the question, we know that the carpet is sold in square yards
We convert square feet to square yards
For our conversion rates
3 ft = 1 yard
9 ft² = 1 square yards(yd²)
270 ft² = x
Cross Multiply
9 ft² × x = 270ft² × 1 yd²
x yd²= 270ft² × 1 yd²/9 ft²
x = 30 yd²
Hence, 270ft² = 30yd²
Cost of carpet =
1 yd² = $12.00
30 yd² =
Cross Multiply
= 30 × $12.00
= $360.00
The actual cost of the carpet is $360
What error did the salesman make?
The salesman made an error when convert 270 square feet to square yards.
He said 270 square feet = 90 square yards
But he was wrong.
270 square feet = 30 square yards.
What should be the actual cost of the carpet?
The actual cost of the carpet is $360