Question

Your bedroom ceiling if 10 feet high and is two-thirds as high as the living room ceiling. Write and solve an equation to find the height (represented as h) of the living room ceiling.

Answer 1

15 ft

Explanation:

Answer 2

Ht of ceiling = 10 ft which is two-thirds of living rm ceiling
Ht of living rm ceiling = 2/3x = 10 ft
2/3h = 10 ft
2/3h times 3/2 to solve for h = 10 times 3/2
h = 30/2
h = 15 ft