Question

An electrician plans to install solar panels on a rectangular section of roof with an area of 69 m². Tyriq said 69/7 could represent the length of the section if the roof is 7 m across. Corbin said 69/7 could represent the number of solar panels that would fit if each panel was 7 m long. Whose interpretation makes sense in this context?

1) Tyriq's interpretation
2) Corbin's interpretation
3) Both interpretations make sense
4) Neither interpretation makes sense

Answer 1

Both interpretations make sense in this context because the length of the section and the number of solar panels that would fit are the same.

Step-by-step explanation:

To determine whose interpretation makes sense, we need to analyze Tyriq and Corbin's statements.

Tyriq said that 69/7 could represent the length of the section if the roof is 7 m across. To check this, we can divide 69 by 7, which equals 9.857. This means that the length of the section would be approximately 9.857 meters. Since the roof is rectangular, the width would still be 7 meters.

Corbin said that 69/7 could represent the number of solar panels that would fit if each panel was 7 m long. To check this, we can divide 69 by 7, which also equals 9.857. This means that 9.857 solar panels would fit. Since we can't have a fraction of a solar panel, we would need to round down to 9 panels.

Both interpretations make sense in this context because the length of the section and the number of solar panels that would fit are the same.