Calculate Flooring Cost: Scaling from 28x10m to 84x30m Room

Question

A school paid 3799 to install a wood floor in the classroom of 28 mts by 10 mts. How much does it cost to install a wood floor in a similar room with dimensions of 84 mts and 30 mts?

Video Solution

Solution Steps

00:00 How much will we pay for tiling rectangle 2?

00:03 Similar rectangles according to the given data

00:08 Let's find the similarity ratio

00:14 The area ratio equals the similarity ratio squared

00:22 This is the area ratio

00:33 We'll multiply this ratio by the original payment

00:36 And this is the solution to the question

Answer

34191

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