Max, a carpet installer, needs to calculate the amount of carpet needed to cover a floor that’s 3 1⁄2 yards wide and 4 3⁄4 yards long. what’s the area of the floor? how many square yards of carpeting are needed? (area = length × width)

13 1/2

Step-by-step explanation:

Just multiply 3.5 and 4.75

AKA

3 1/2 and 4 3/4

Change 1/2 into 2/4 so the denominators are the same

Multiply the numerators 2 and 3, you now have 6/4

3 × 4 = 12

6/4 is improper so, you need to simplify

now you have 1 1/2

Now 12 + 1 1/2 = 13 1/12

14.3

step-by-step explanation:

add all the numbers together.

9 + 12 + 15 + 16 + 17 + 17 = 86

now, divide 86 by how many numbers we have: 6.

86 / 6 = 14.3