Question

Juan is putting new carpet in his rectangular shaped living room. He has a enough money to purchase

160 square feet of carpet. If the length of his living room is 12 feet, what is the maximum width that his
living room could be so that he could purchase enough carpet to cover the entire area?

Answer 1

Two possible answers depending on full context: 13 ft or 13 1/3 ft

Explanation:

Background: You can get area by multiplying length by width

1. The area is already given in this equation, 160. The length is also given, meaning that we just need to find the width (w).

We can even form an equation: 160 = 12 * w

2. Divide 160 by 12 to find the maximum width

3. When you divide 160 by 12 you get 13 1/3 ft as the width. If you are looking for whole numbers you can round back to 13 ft.