Felisa will carpet her rectangular living room shown below. The carpet she selected is sold by the square yard, at a cost of $32 per square yard. To the nearest dollar, how much will it cost to carpet the living room?
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To calculate the cost of carpeting the living room, we need to determine the area of the room and then multiply it by the cost per square yard.
1. Firstly, we need to find the area of the rectangular living room. The area of a rectangle can be calculated by multiplying its length by its width.
2. Since the dimensions of the living room are not provided in the question, we'll assume they are given or can be measured. Let's say the length of the living room is 12 feet and the width is 10 feet.
3. To find the area in square yards, we need to convert the measurements from feet to yards. Since there are 3 feet in a yard, we divide both the length and width by 3. In this case, the length becomes 4 yards (12 / 3) and the width becomes 3.33 yards (10 / 3).
4. Now we can calculate the area of the living room by multiplying the length by the width. In this case, the area is 13.33 square yards (4 * 3.33).
5. Finally, we can calculate the cost by multiplying the area by the cost per square yard. The cost per square yard is $32, so the total cost is 426.56 (13.33 * 32).
Therefore, it will cost approximately $427 to carpet the living room.