Question

Ellie and heather drew floor models of their living rooms. Ellie's model represented 20 feet by 15 feet. Heathers model represented 18 feet by 18 feet. Whose floor model represents the greater area? How much greater?

Answer 1

Heather's model is 324 square feet and Ellie's is 300 square feet. Therefore Heathers models is 24 square feet more than Ellie's model.

Answer 2

Heather's model has greater area by 24 sq.ft.

Explanation:

Given : Ellie's model represented 20 feet by 15 feet.

Heather's model represented 18 feet by 18 feet.

To Find: Whose floor model represents the greater area? How much greater?

Solution:

Length of Ellie's model = 20 feet

Width of Ellie's model = 15 feet

Area =
`Length * Breadth`

=
`20*15`

=
`300ft^2`

Length of Heather's model = 18 feet

Width of Heather's model = 18 feet

Area =
`Length * Breadth`

=
`18*18`

=
`324ft^2`

Thus Heather's model has greater area by (324-300)= 24 sq.ft.