Question

Each of John’s notebook is 3/4 inches wide. If he has 36 inches of space remaining on his bookshelf, how many notebooks will fit? Write your answer in simplest form.

Answer 1

Given that:

- The width of each of John’s notebooks is:

`(3)/(4)in`

- The space remaining on his bookshelf is:

`36in`

Let be "x" the number of notebooks that will fit in John's bookshelf.

Knowing that:

`(3)/(4)in=0.75in`

You can set up the following proportion:

`(1)/(0.75)=(x)/(36)`

Now you have to solve for "x":

`\begin{gathered} ((1)/(0.75))(36)=(x)/(36) \\ \\ (36)/(0.75)=x \end{gathered}`
`x=48`

Hence, the answer is:

`48\text{ }notebooks`