An office needs to order carpet for the waiting room. The room measures 30 feet by 24 feet. The carpet is sold in square yards. How many square yards of carpet are needed? Remember, Area = Length cross times Width.

12 feet square yards

80 square yards of carpet will be needed

Step-by-step explanation:

Area = length * width

Area = 30 * 24

∴ area = 720 ft²

But carpets are sold in square yards, therefore there is need to convert square feet to square yard.

To convert feet to yard, we divide the length by 3, but since we are dealing with area, that is, square feet, we divide by the square of 3, which is 9

720 ft² into yard²

=720/9

= 80 yards²