Question

An artist is hired to create an art display for the interior of a city building. The display is to span a total width of 10 yd . The artist decides to cover this space with equally sized portraits placed side-by-side in a horizontal line with no gaps. Each portrait has a width of 45 in . How many portraits will be used in the display

Answer 1

8 portraits are going to be used in the display.

Explanation:

This problem can be solved as a rule of three problem.

Each yd has 36 inches.

The display is to span a total width of 10 yd. So it is a total width of 360 inches.

Each portrait has a width of 45 in. How many portraits can there be?

1 portrait - 45 in

x portraits - 360 in

`45x = 360`

`x = 8`

8 portraits are going to be used in the display.