Question

Select the relevant button to use a function67 Carlos is putting his books on a shelf. The shelf is 3 feet long. If each book is of an inch wide, how many books can Carlos fit on the shelf?Show your work in the space provided and write your answer on the line.Answer:books

Answer 1

12 books

Step-by-step explanation:

We are told that the shelf is 3 feet long. Converting to inches

1 feet = 12inches

3 feet = (3* 12)inches

3 feet = 12inches

If each book is of an inch wide, this can be written as;

1 book = 1 inch .... 1

To get the number of books that carlos can fit into the shelf;

x books = 12 inches ... 2

Divide both expressions

1/x = 1/12

x = 12books

Hence Carlos can fit 12 books on to the shelf