20 POINTS ANSWER SOON PLEASE!! You own a restaurant and want to “carpet” the floor with coins. What kind of coin would you use and why? How much would it cost to cover the floor with the coin you chose? Explain your reasoning. Include calculations in your reasoning.

 I would use pennies. It is the lowest cost per unit of area.

The cost of the "penny carpet" would be about $ 5,319

Step-by-step explanation:

Each penny is 19.05mm or 1.905cm in diameter 100 centimeters per meter, so 100/1.905 = 52.493 pennies per meter in width, Squared to find number per square meter: 52.493² = 2755.5

The total area of the floor is 23 × 12 in the main area and 3×3 in the entrance,

184 m² + 9 m² = 193 m² .  Multiplied by the cost per square meter,   $27.56

Total cost: $5,919

The closest comparison would be the nickel. At 2.121 cm, it would take slightly  fewer coins per m² , about 2223, but at  $0.05 each, the cost per m² is about $111.15.  The nickel carpet would cost 4 times as much as the penny carpet.