Question

1. Check for Reasonableness Anita wants to know whether a new chest

of drawers will fit next to her bed. The chest she would like to buy is
73 centimeters wide. She knows that her room is 86 inches wide. The bed
is 76 inches wide. Will the chest fit next to her bed? Explain.

Answer 1

no

Explanation:

Anita wants to know if the 86-inch space occupied by her 76-inch bed leaves enough room for a 73 cm chest.

Space available

The available space is the difference between the width of the room and the width of the bed:

86 in - 76 in = 10 in

Unit conversion

There are 2.54 cm in an inch, so 10 inches is ...

(10 in) × (2.54 cm/in) = 25.4 cm

The space next to the bed is about 25 cm wide, and the chest is about 73 cm wide, so ...

the chest will not fit next to the bed.