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A business owner is paving a rectangular parking lot that measures 40 feet40\text{ feet} long and 30 feet30\text{ feet} wide. If the paving costs $5\$5 per square foot, what is the total cost of paving the lot in dollars?

Cevap: 6000

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6000
The parking lot is a rectangle, so its area is found by multiplying the length by the width (40×30=1,200 sq ft40 \times 30 = 1,200\text{ sq ft}). Since the paving costs $5\$5 for every square foot, the total cost is the area multiplied by the rate (1,200×5=6,0001,200 \times 5 = 6,000). The final cost is $6,000\$6,000.

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1
Calculate the total area of the rectangular parking lot.
1,200 square feet
The total area is required to know how many square feet need to be paved.
2
Multiply the calculated area by the cost per square foot.
6,000
Each of the 1,200 square feet costs $5 to pave, so multiplying them gives the total cost.

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Calculating the area of a rectangle and applying it to find the total cost of materials or services.
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