It costs $350 to carpet an 8-ft-by-10-ft room. At this rate, how many dollars would it cost to put the same carpeting in a 24-ft-by-30-ft room?
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$380
$3,150
$1,050
O $507
$1,050
To figure this out, first calculate the area of the 8-ft-by-10-ft room: 8 ft * 10 ft = 80 square feet.
Then calculate the area of the 24-ft-by-30-ft room: 24 ft * 30 ft = 720 square feet.
Next, divide the area of the larger room by the area of the smaller room to determine how many times larger the larger room is: 720 square feet / 80 square feet = 9.
Finally, multiply the cost of carpeting the smaller room ($350) by the times larger the larger room is (9) to determine the cost of carpeting the larger room: $350 * 9 = $3,150.
Therefore, it would cost $3,150 to put the same carpeting in a 24-ft-by-30-ft room.