Carpet sells for $2 per square foot. It will cost you $360 to recarpet your room. If your room is 20 feet long, how many feet wide is it?
168ft
To find the width of the room, we can use the information given:
1. The carpet sells for $2 per square foot.
2. It will cost you $360 to recarpet your room.
3. The length of the room is given as 20 feet.
To calculate the area of the room, we can divide the total cost by the cost per square foot:
Area = Total cost / Cost per square foot
In this case, we have:
360 = Area / 2
To find the area, we need to rearrange the equation:
Area = 360 * 2
Area = 720 square feet
Since the length of the room is given as 20 feet, we can calculate the width by dividing the area by the length:
Width = Area / Length
Width = 720 / 20
Width = 36 feet
Therefore, the width of the room is 36 feet.