Question

A square carpet covers 64% of the area of a floor. The floor is 5m by 5m. What is the side length of the carpet?

Answer 1

Answer:

area of floor = 5×5 = 25

area of carpet = 64% of 25 = 16m^2

let side of capet x

area of carpet = x^2 = 16

x = 4m