Mr. hawkins is covering a room in carpet. the room measures 14 feet by 12 feet in a rectangular shape. each square foot of carpet costs $2.90. what is the cost of carpeting the room?

First lets find the area of the floor.

A=l*w     where l=length and w=width
Plug in the data
A=14*12
A=168ft²

If 1 square foot of carpet is 2.90$, then 168 square feet are...

  1 sqft         168sqft
=
  2.90$             x$

Cross multiply
1x=487.20
divide both sides by 1
x=487.20 dollars

Answer= $487.20