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You could just leave it as <math>12\cdot9</math> and divide it by <math>9</math> to get <math>12</math> square yards to save some time. This gets us <math>\bold{\boxed{\textbf{(A)}~12}}</math>. | You could just leave it as <math>12\cdot9</math> and divide it by <math>9</math> to get <math>12</math> square yards to save some time. This gets us <math>\bold{\boxed{\textbf{(A)}~12}}</math>. |
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[hide]Problem
Onkon wants to cover his room's floor with his favourite red carpet. How many square yards of red carpet are required to cover a rectangular floor that is feet long and feet wide? (There are 3 feet in a yard.)
Solution 1
First, we multiply . To get that, we need square feet of carpet to cover the room's floor. Since there are square feet in a square yard, you divide by to get square yards, so our answer is .
[b]Solution 1.1[/b]
You could just leave it as and divide it by to get square yards to save some time. This gets us .
Solution 2
Since there are feet in a yard, we divide by to get , and by to get . To find the area of the carpet, we then multiply these two values together to get .
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2015 AMC 8 (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
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