Question 327046
2 rooms are each 12 feet * 24 feet.


each box of flooring has 22.7 square feet in them.


the square feet in each room is 12 * 24 = 288


2 room has a total of 2 * 288 = 576 square feet.


divide this by the square feet in each box of flooring to get total number of boxes = 576 / 22.7 = 25.37444934.


round this to the next highest integer to get 26 boxes of flooring.


you will need approximately 26 boxes of flooring.


I don't see the need for a quadratic equation to solve this.


All you need to know is that the area of the floor in each room is equal to the length * the width.


You have the area of the 2 rooms.


You just divide that by the square feet in each box to get the number of boxes.