Question

Sarah used a scale of ½ inch = 3 feet for a drawing of her business. On the drawing, a rectangular room measures 2 ½ inches by 3 ¾ inches. Sarah wants to purchase new carpet for the room that costs $3.79 per square foot. Before sales tax, how much will the new carpet cost? Round to the nearest cent.

Answer 1

Answer:

$1279.125 in totel.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given, scale: 0.5 inch = 3 feet

On the drawing, size of the room was: 2.5inches x 3.75inches

From the scale measure, actual size of the room will be: 15feet x 22.5feet = 337.5 sq. feet

Also given that, the cost of the carpet is: $3.79 per sq. foot

therefore, totel cost will be = 337.5 x $3.79

= $1279.125

So, the new carpet will cost $1279.125 in totel for the room.

Note: I have'nt made this answer long by showing the steps of converting the drawing's measures to real (in foot measure). Hope you get it.. And please mark me as a brainliest...