Question 993983: Bob and Carol want to hire Able Refinishing to sand and refinish the dining room floor to match the floor in the living room. Able charges $2.89 per square foot to sand and refinish a hardwood floor. The dining room is rectangular and measures 17 feet 8 inches by 11 feet 8 inches. Find the area of the dining room floor, rounded up to the next square foot, and the cost of the work
Answer by addingup(3677)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! OK, so 17 feet is 17x12= 204+8= 212 inches is the length
And 11 feet is 11x12= 132+8= 140 inches is the width.
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The area of a rectangle is LxW= 212x140= 29,680 square inches.
Now, we are talking about SQUARED numbers, right? So, 1 foot = 12 inches and 1 square foot = 12^2=144 inches.
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We said the room is 29,680 square inches, and 29,680/144= 206.11 and we round off to the nearest foot = 206 square feet.
And the cost?: 206x2.89= $595.34
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