Dave wants to install carpet in his room. The room is rectangular in shape with a length of 16 feet and a width of 12 feet. If the total cost of installing the carpet is $288, what is the unit price of carpet per square foot?
If you multiply 12 by 16, you get 192. Divide 288 by 192 ( being the total amount of square feet. ) and you get 1.5, essentially being $1.50 per square foot.
To check this, multiply 192 by 1.5 and you will get 288.
Ok so the width is 12 and the length is 16 so we will multiply those: 12 x 16=192 so now we divide 288 by 192= 1.5 or %1.50 so the answer is %1.50 per square foot Hope this helped!!
