Question

A basement bedroom must have a window with an opening area of at least 5.7 square feet, per the International Residential Code. A rectangular basement bedroom window opening is 0.75 meters wide. Among the following heights, in meters, which is the smallest that will qualify the window opening per the Code? a.) 0.71 b.) 0.75 c.) 2.32 d.) 2.46 e.) 7.60

Answer 1

5.7 square feet = 0.53 square meters

0.53 / 0.75 = 0.71

 the smallest would be a)0.71