Question

The floor of a rectangular meeting room has a raised platform that is the same length as the room. The whole room has an area 46 14/15 sq yd.

Answer 1

The width of the room is
`6(2)/(5)`.

Explanation:

Consider the provided information.

It is given that the whole room has an area 46 14/15 sq yd.

This can be written as:

`46(14)/(15)=(704)/(15)` yd.

Now consider the figure shown below:

From the figure we know that the length of the rectangular meeting room is
`7(1)/(3)` yd.

`7(1)/(3)=(22)/(3)`

The area of rectangle is
`A=l* w`

Let width of the rectangle is w yard.

`(704)/(15)=(22)/(3)* w`

`w=(704)/(15)* (3)/(22)`

`w=(32)/(5)=6(2)/(5)`

Hence, the width of the room is
`6(2)/(5)`.