The driveway to a house has the shape of a square with a side of 8 m adjacent to a rectangle with width 4.5 m and length 14 m. How much will it cost to pave the driveway, if the cost per square foot to pave is $22.5?

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anonymous · Answer

@TheSmartOne

thesmartone · Answer

$\sf\Large $22.5 \times ((8\times 8) +(4.5\times 14))$

anonymous · Answer

1503

thesmartone · Answer

hmm how did you get that?

Make sure to do the stuff in the parenthesis first before.

thesmartone · Answer

before doing the rest*

anonymous · Answer

28,57.5

thesmartone · Answer

Correct.

anonymous · Answer

okay, my answer book states $31,750 is the correct answer

thesmartone · Answer

Tricky question, aha. They gave us the dimensions in meter, and the price in square feet.

anonymous · Answer

ikr!!! lol, ive been working on this one fore awhile

anonymous · Answer

lets see if @robtobey  can help?

thesmartone · Answer

So basically, 

(8 x8) + (4.5 x 14) = 63+ 64 = 127 meters squared

using this conversion to make it feet squared...

and then so 

1367.02 x 22.5 = 30757.95

thesmartone · Answer

That gives us a closer answer, but not the same exact answer .-.

anonymous · Answer

@robtobey  can ya help?

anonymous · Answer

1 square meter = 10.7639104 square ft. http://www.bing.com/search?q=convert%20square%20meters%20to%20square%20feet&pc=cosp&ptag=A316A5D3C6E&form=CONBDF&conlogo=CT3210127 127 x 10.7639 x 22.5 = 30757.84425

anonymous · Answer

thankyou!! guys!!

anonymous · Answer

Your welcome.