The Jones Are Installing Carpet in Their Basement $2$ How Many Square Meters Is This? Round to the of the Basement

question 18

Multiple Choice

The Jones are installing carpet in their basement. The area of the basement is 378.25 ft $2$ . How many square meters is this? Round to the nearest thousandth.

• A) 4,067.204 m \(2\)
• B) 316.217 m \(2\)
• C) 35.177 m \(2\)
• D) 3.518 m \(2\)

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