SOLUTION: Carpet is needed for a 12 feet by 9 feet rectangular room. The carpet being used is $8 per square yard. a) How many square yards of carpet must be purchased? b) what is the tota

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Question 667575: Carpet is needed for a 12 feet by 9 feet rectangular room. The carpet being used is $8 per square yard.
a) How many square yards of carpet must be purchased?
b) what is the total cost to carpet the rectangular room?
please explain to me how to do this because i have a test on this tomorrow thank you.

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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Carpet is needed for a 12 feet by 9 feet rectangular room. The carpet being used is $8 per square yard.
a) How many square yards of carpet must be purchased?
Ans: 9*12 = 108 sq. yds.
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b) what is the total cost to carpet the rectangular room?
Ans: 8*108 = $864
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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