Kristine would require at least 116ft of hardwood flooring for her room.
The answer is arrived at by using simple calculations of the area of a square - a polygon.
How do we arrive at the answer above?
Note that there are missing portions on the shape of the floor. (See a more elaborate version attached).
The side labeled F = 12ft
The side labeled CDE comprises three sides: 8, 2, and 2 respectively. This is also equal to 12.
With this information, we can calculate the area of the square assuming it was full.
The area of a square is given as:
Length x Breadth or L²;
that gives us: 12 x 12 or 12² = 144ft.
Now we get the total actual area by removing the areas of the missing segments.
Section Ax and Ay is also a square. because the length and the breadth are equal.
hence the area of AxAy = 16ft.
We also have the area of the section labeled D,Dx. This section is a rectangle. The formula for the area of a rectangle is:
Length x Breadth.
Hence, we have
6 x 2 = 12ft.
Total area of missing sections are:
12 + 16 = 28ft.
The total area of the square less the missing areas is:
144 - 28 = 116ft.
Hence the total amount of Hardwood that Kristine would require in square ft is 116ft.
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