A home builder needs to cover the rectangular floor of a closet with a carpet. The closet is 3 yards long and
of a yard wide. How much carpet will the home builder need to cover the closet?
A rectangle with a length of 3 yards and a width of four-fifths of a yard.
To find the area of a rectangle, you multiply the length by the width.
In this case, the length is 3 yards and the width is four-fifths of a yard. To convert four-fifths of a yard to a decimal, divide 4 by 5: 4 รท 5 = 0.8.
So, the width is 0.8 yards.
Now, multiply the length by the width: 3 yards x 0.8 yards = 2.4 square yards.
Therefore, the home builder will need 2.4 square yards of carpet to cover the closet.