Question

A rectangular floor is 15 ft long and 12ft wide. Deshaun wants to carpet the floor with carpet times sold by the square yard.use the facts to find the area in square yards

Answer 1

Given:

Length of rectangular floor = 15 ft

Width of rectangular floor = 12 ft.

Let's find the area in square yards.

Apply the formula for area of a rectangle:

Area = Length x Width

Thus, we have:

Area = 15 x 12 = 180 square feet.

Now to write the area in square yards, we have:

Where:

1 yd = 3 ft

1 square yard = 9 square feet

Hence, we have:

180 square feet = 180/9 = 20 square yrds

Therefore, the area of carpet will be in square yards:

20 yd²

ANSWER:

20 yd²