Question

Tom wants to know whether a new chest of drawers will fit next to his bed. The chest of drawers would like to buy is 70 centimeters wide.He knows that the room is 86 inches wide. The bed is 67

inches wide. Will the chest fit next to ​bed?

Answer 1

no

Explanation:

Tom wants to know if a 70 cm chest will fit in the space left by a 67 in bed in a room 86 in wide.

Available space

The space available is 86 in -67 in = 19 in.

Space needed

An approximate conversion between cm and inches is that 10 cm corresponds to about 4 in. Then 70 cm will correspond to 7×4 = 28 inches, much too wide for a 19-inch space.

The chest will not fit next to the bed.