The length of one side of the square carpet is 5.87 ft. Given a square of length L, the area can be calculated as:
For our carpet, L = 5.87 ft, so the area is:
[tex]A=(5.87\text{ ft})\cdot(5.87\text{ ft})=34.4569ft^2[/tex]The nearest value from the options is 36 ft².