Question

It costs a family $324 to buy a 10ft by 12ft rug. At this rate, what will it cost them to but a 15ft by 18ft rug?

Answer 1

start by figuring out what it would cost per ft^2

Answer 2

@leximakayla do you know how to do this?

Answer 3

Not exactly

Answer 4

10x*12x=$324

Answer 5

what does x=?

Answer 6

I'm not sure how to solve it

Answer 7

what is 10*12?

Answer 8

120

Answer 9

so 120x=324 so what does x=?

Answer 10

2.7

Answer 11

ok so now what is 15*18=?

Answer 12

270

Answer 13

so 270x=? when x=2.7

Answer 14

729

Answer 15

thats your answer, hope that helped