Suppose you want to install carpet in a room that measures 18ft x 20ft. The carpet you want costs $28.50/sq yard and comes only in rolls that are 12 feet wide and at least 100 ft long. If you only allow one seam (where the two pieces of carpet meet), what is the most efficient way to lay carpet and how much will the carpet cost?I keep getting that the total carpet will be = to 44 sq yards, and that will cost $1254, no matter what, you need to spend about $3800 on carpet. So there is no more efficient way to lay the carpet?
carpet area = (18*20)/9 = 40 sq yards and if an exact size was available, would cost $1140 but since you HAVE to buy a roll 12ft x 100 ft , the carpet will cost you $3800, as you have calculated
