Question

Mr. Davies plans to place an aquarium on a shelf in his living room. The length of the shelf is inches, and the aquarium is inches long. Which estimation is best for centering the aquarium on the shelf?

Answer 1

The question is incomplete as the length of the shelf and aquarium isn't given. However, steps to take in other to make the estimation of centering the aquarium on the shelf would be described.

Answer:

Kindly check explanation

Explanation:

Let :

Lenght of shelf = x

Length of aquarium = y

Usually, the length of shelf will be > length of aquarium

The shelf will have the right and left hand side ;

Subtract Length of aquarium from length of shelf and divide the difference by 2 ;

(x - y) / 2 ; this will give the space or length left on either side of the shelf with the aquarium centered in the middle.

Hence, the aquarium should be placed at (x - y) / 2 meters either to the right or left of the shelf.

Just input the omitted values of shelf length and aquarium length to obtain the solution.