You need to carpet a new office room. the new room is 12 feet by 15 feet 6 inches. a supplier delivered 20 square yards of carpet tiles. do you have enough tiles to do the job? how much more or less do you need?

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Kai Velasquez

2 April, 03:37

You need to carpet a new office room. the new room is 12 feet by 15 feet 6 inches. a supplier delivered 20 square yards of carpet tiles. do you have enough tiles to do the job? how much more or less do you need?

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Chloe Curtis · Answer 1

First, determine the area of the floor of the new room by multiplying the dimensions in feet.

Area = (12 ft) (15.5 ft) = 186 ft²

Then, we convert the calculated area to yards

(186 ft²) (1 yd / 3 ft) ² = 20.67 yd²

Given that the supplier only delivered 20 yd², approximately 0.67 yd² of your floor will not have carpet.