Question

Each of sams notebooks is 3/4 inches wide. If he has 36 inches of space remaining on his bookshelf how many notebooks will fit?

Answer 1

Answer: 48 notebooks

Explanation:

For this problem, we can set up an equation to find how many notebooks will fit on the bookshelf.

3/4x=36

This equation comes from the given information of the problem. Since a notebook is 3/4 in wide, we write 3/4x, where x is the amount of notebooks. The 36 is the total amount fo space.

x=48