a hallway measures 62ft by 7 ft. find the cost to carpet the hallway with carpeting that cost $9 per square foot.

Question

a hallway measures 62ft by 7 ft. find the cost to carpet tge hallway with carpeting that cost $9 per square foot. 

Answer 1

 

 

length of hall = l= 62

width of hall = w=7

 

So Area of hall = l* w=62*7=434 sq foot

Cost of carpeting hall = 434 * 9=3906

 

So cost of carpeting hallway = $3906

 

 

Answer 2

Find the square footage of the hallway simply by

multiplying 62*7

 

This gives you the total square footage.  Multiply that

total by 9 to arrive at the cost.

 

62*7*9 = $_____