Question

Patel is covering a rectangular-shaped trivet with 1-inch square tiles that cost $0.15 each. The base of the trivet is 14 inches long and its height is 9 inch How much will it cost to tile the trive

Answer 1

We need to compute the area of the trivet and see how many 1-inch squared tiles can be introduced in the large area.

The area of our large trivet is given by

$\begin{gathered} A=\text{base}\times height \\ A=14\times9 \\ A=126in^2 \end{gathered}$

This means that we need 126 tiles of 1 inche squared. Since 1 tile cost $0.15, the total cost is:

$126\times0.15$

then, the answer is $18.9 .