Question

If you want to place an 8 ½ inch towel bar in the center of a door that is 25 ½ wide, how much space will be on each side of the towel bar?

Answer 1

Answer:

8 $\frac{1}{2}$in on each side

Step-by-step explanation:

If a door is 25$\frac{1}{2}$ in wide and the towel bar is 8$\frac{1}{2}$in long, we can first subtract the length of the towel bar from the total width of the door to find out how many inches of space are remaining:

25$\frac{1}{2}$ - 8$\frac{1}{2}$ = 17

Since you want to center the towel bar on the door, you can divide the remaining space by two (2) to find how much space will be on each side:

17/2 = 8.5 inches on each side.