SOLUTION: If you are in need of carpet for a living room and you measure the room as a 17 feet by 24 feet rectangle, how much carpet do you need in square yards and how much would it cost?

Question 828440: If you are in need of carpet for a living room and you measure the room as a 17 feet by 24 feet rectangle, how much carpet do you need in square yards and how much would it cost? Assume that the carpet store rounds up the total square yards needed to the nearest whole number and charges $21 per square yard for carpet.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

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Round UP, ... square yards.

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