Question

The floor of a rectangular meeting room is the same length as the room and is 1/6 the width of the room. What is the width of the raised platform. Length is 7 1/2 and width is 6 2/5.

Answer 1

Width of raised platform =
`1(1)/(15)\text{ units}` = 1.067 units

Explanation:

We are given the following information about the room:

Lenght of room =
`7(1)/(2)\text{ units}`

Width of room =
`6(2)/(5)\text{ units}`

We are given the following information about the raised platform of meeting room.

Length of raised platform = Length of the room =
`7(1)/(2)\text{ units}`

Width of the raised platform =
`(1)/(6) * \text{Width of the room}`

=
`(1)/(6) * (32)/(5)`

=
`(16)/(15) \text{ units}`

=
`1(1)/(15)\text{ units}`

= 1.067 units

Answer 2

Length of floor = length of room = 7.5 units

Width of floor =
`(1)/(6)` * Width of Room =
`(1)/(6)` *
`(32)/(5)`

⇒ Width of floor = 1.067 units