Question

Priyanka plans to carpet her living room. A diagram of her living room floor is shown in the figure aboveAccording to the figure, what is the area of Priyanka's living room floorO 284 sq ftO 252 sq ftO 220 sq ftO 196 sq ft

Answer 1

Answer: We have to find the area of Priyanka's living room, the area would be the combination of two smaller areas, as shown in the following diagram of the floor plan:

Therefore the area would be:

`\begin{gathered} A=A_1+A_2 \\ ----------------------------- \\ A_1=l_1* w_2 \\ \\ \\ l_1=14ft \\ w_2=14ft \\ \\ \\ A_1=l_1* w_2=14ft*14ft=196ft^2 \\ \\ \therefore\rightarrow \\ \\ A_1=196ft^2 \\ \\ ------------------------------ \end{gathered}`