Jay's mother bought a rectangular rug for the dining room. The dimensions of the rug are 4 yards by 3 yards. Which is the correct unit of measurement to use when figuring out how much of the floor is covered by the rug? A. yd² B. yd³ C. yd

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11 October, 04:23

Jay's mother bought a rectangular rug for the dining room. The dimensions of the rug are 4 yards by 3 yards. Which is the correct unit of measurement to use when figuring out how much of the floor is covered by the rug? A. yd² B. yd³ C. yd

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Nayeli Burgess · Answer 1

A. yd^2

This is because you would do 4yd * 3yd which is 12yd^2.

A rug is a flat object in this sense so you would only square it. A 3 dimensional object like a cube would be cubed or to the power of 3.