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by sumasajja » Wed Jul 27, 2011 2:50 am
A general doubt , i would like to place on a math question that i had read in particular book.I do not remember the perfect dimensions to the question asked ,,nor the book i read ,,,,but i can frame a question of the same kind
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how to calculate the cost of wall-to-wall carpeting for a room having rectangular floor dimensions 12 meters by 20 meters and the cost of carpeting wall to wall is $8 per square meter
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by Kay_LAL » Wed Jul 27, 2011 5:06 am
Is that 12*20*8=1920?
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by Anurag@Gurome » Wed Jul 27, 2011 5:17 am
sumasajja wrote:A general doubt , i would like to place on a math question that i had read in particular book.I do not remember the perfect dimensions to the question asked ,,nor the book i read ,,,,but i can frame a question of the same kind
n here it is .....
how to calculate the cost of wall-to-wall carpeting for a room having rectangular floor dimensions 12 meters by 20 meters and the cost of carpeting wall to wall is $8 per square meter
I guess the question is to find the cost of carpeting the floor?

Area of floor to be covered = Length * Width = 12 * 20 = 240 sq m.
Therefore, cost of carpeting the floor = Area of the floor * cost per sq m = 240 * 8 = 1920 sq m.
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