Question

A bookstore decides to divide its space into three sections: nonfiction books, novels, and stationery. The bookstore wants to devote 1/6 of its space to stationery. If the total area of the bookstore is 288 square feet, and the stationery section will be 12 feet long, how wide will the stationery section be?

Answer 1

Answer:

Stationery section will be 4 feet wide.

Step-by-step explanation:

Total area of bookstore = 288 sq ft

Area to be devoted to stationery = $\frac{1}6$ of total area = $\frac{1}{6} \times 288 = 48\ sq\ ft$

Length of stationery section = 12 ft

To find:

Width of stationery section = ?

Solution:

First of all, let us have a look at the area of rectangle:

$A = Length \times Width$

Here, we are given the length for stationery section and area of stationery section has been calculated above.

And we have to find the Width of stationery section.

So, let us put the two values to find the third value.

$\Rightarrow 48 = 12 \times Width\\\Rightarrow Width = \dfrac{48}{12}\\\Rightarrow \bold{Width = 4\ ft}$

So, the answer is:

Stationery section will be 4 feet wide.