Question

a rectangular room has an area of 384 sq feet with floor tiles covering one part of it and carpet covering the rest. the tile part is 8 ft long. the carpeted part is 24 ft long. what is the width of the room?​

Answer 1

Answer: The room is 12 feet wide.

Step-by-step explanation: 8+24= the total length of the room. The area of anything divided by either the width or the length always gives you the missing measurement. So, 8+24=32. 384/32=12. You can check any answer you get doing one operation by taking the information you get and preforming the inverse (opposite) operation. Since the opposite of division is multiplication, all you have to do to check your answer is this: 32*12=384.

Answer 2

8 + 24 = 32 feet long

Area = length x width

384 = 32 x width

Width = 384/32

Width = 12 feet