Question

a home owner ordered 14 square yards of carpet for part of the first floor of a new house and 12 square yards of carpet for the basement. the total cost of the order was $832 before tax. write and solve the equation to find the price of each square yard of carpet before tax

Answer 1

The price of each square yard of carpet would be found by dividing the total cost of all the carpet by the total number of square yards of carpet purchased.

Answer 2

so 64$

Answer 3

Please check your calculation again. That is not the answer I got.

Answer 4

then what did you get

Answer 5

$832/(12sqyd+14sqyd)=$______ per sqyd

Answer 6

You can check if $64 is correct. 14 square yards of carpet times $64/sq yd = $896. But you only paid $832 for all the carpet.

Answer 7

kk

Answer 8

32

Answer 9

yep