SOLUTION: you need to buy 23 ft by 15 ft section of carpet. it cost 49.50 per square yard. how much does this section of carpet cost?

Question 1068196: you need to buy 23 ft by 15 ft section of carpet. it cost 49.50 per square yard. how much does this section of carpet cost?
Answer by geo_freak(10) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Before even starting to solve this problem, remember that the dimensions that are given to us are in units of feet (23 ft by 15 ft). So we can solve for the area with square feet and then convert to yards.
(1 YARD = 3 FEET)
Area = length x width
Area = 23ft x 15ft
Area = 345 square feet
Divide 345 by 3 and the quotient should be 115 square yards.
Now it costs $49.50 PER square yards, so $49.50 x 115 = $5692.50.

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