Question

Carpet sells for $4 per square foot and will cost you $836 to recarpet your room. If your room is 19 feet long, how many feet wide is it?

Answer 1

@robtobey @rsmith6559

Answer 2

find the area of the room first

Answer 3

4x=836

Answer 4

solve for x

Answer 5

209

Answer 6

correct

Answer 7

so now we have the area of the carpet

Answer 8

do remember what the formula is for the area of a rectangle

Answer 9

a=wl

Answer 10

yep, so plug in the values we know and solve for w

Answer 11

so 209=wl

Answer 12

we also know the length

Answer 13

209=(w)(19)

Answer 14

209=(11)(19)

Answer 15

good job

Answer 16

yay thank!