A rug covers 1/4 of the floor. The area of the rug 10ft . What is the area of the floor?
my answer is 2 1/2 ft,am i right if not please explain?
Ms.Sue,you are correct. 4 times 10 equals 40 sq. feet which is the most aprropiate answer for this question.
You can't be right. The floor is 4 times larger than the rug.
can you please tell me the answer????
4 * 10 = ? sq. feet
what are you talking about
No, your answer is not correct. Let me explain how to find the correct answer.
We know that the rug covers 1/4 of the floor. This means that the remaining 3/4 of the floor is not covered by the rug.
Let's say the area of the entire floor is "F". Since the rug covers 1/4 of the floor, we can express the area of the rug as (1/4)F = 10 ft².
To find the area of the entire floor, we need to calculate F. We can do this by multiplying both sides of the equation by the reciprocal of 1/4, which is 4/1 or simply 4:
(1/4)F * 4 = 10 ft² * 4
F = 40 ft²
Therefore, the correct answer is that the area of the floor is 40 ft², not 2 1/2 ft.