Question

A rectangular floor is 5 yd long and 4 yd wide. Omar wants to tile the floor with tile sold by the square foot. Use the facts to find the area in square feet.

Answer 1

Given:

There is a rectangular floor is 5 yd long and 4 yd wide.

Required:

Omar wants to tile the floor with tile sold by the square foot

Explanation:

first of all we need to convert the given data in foot from yd

$\begin{gathered} 1yd=3ft \\ 4yd=12ft=b \\ 5yd=15ft=l \end{gathered}$

now find the area of rectangular floor

$A=lb=12*15=180\text{ square feet}$

Final answer:

180 square feet is the area of given floor