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Q10.
A carpet company is asked to quote for a new carpet to fit a room 10'6" by 14' using wool twill carpet at 拢4.99 per square metre
with free fitting and underlay. What will they quote if they always work to the next metre up? 1 foot is appproximately 30.48cm.
Answer and commentary
To work out the total we need to work out the next full metre larger than 10'6" (that's 10 feet, 6 inches) and the
same for 14' (that's 14 feet). The company can only use whole metres lengths and the excess will be left as offcuts.
10 feet is 10x30.48 = 304.8cm. 6 inches is half a foot so that's an extra 30.48 梅 2 = 15.24cm. A total of 320.04cm. That's over 3metres, so they
will need 4 metres. 14 feet is 14x30.48 = 426.72cm. That's over 4 metres so they will need 5 metres. That's a total of 20 square metres at 拢4.99 =
20x4.99 = 99.80.
Answer: 拢99.80
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