it costs a family $305.00 to buy a 16-ft by-18-ft rug. if the cost is proportional to the area, what will it cost the family to buy a 11-ft-by-14-ft rug

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$163.09 because 16x18=288sqft 11x14=154sqft so $355/288 = $1.059sqft multiply that by 154 and the answer is $163

The cost for the family to buy a 11-ft-by-14-ft rug is $163.

Cost

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How to determine the cost of an 11-ft-by-14-ft rug?

Given 16-ft by-18-ft rug, cost is $305.00.

An 6-ft by-18-ft rug, area is 16×18 = 288 ft²

then per square feet cost is  355/288 = $1.059

the rug plane to buy an 11-ft-by-14-ft area is 11×14 = 154 ft²

So the cost of 154 ft² area is 154 × 1.059 = $163

Hence the of 11-ft-by-14-ft rug is $163.

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