Question

It is recommended that one fire extinguisher be available for every 6000 feet in the building write and solve an equation to determine X the number of fire extinguishers needed for building that has 135,000 square feet. Show your work

Answer 1

135,000 divided by 6000 =22.5
x = 22.5

Answer 2

It is given in the question that, one fire extinguisher be available for every 6000 square feet in the building .

And number of fire extinguishers needed for building that has 135,000 square feet are x .

So the required equation is

`6000x = 135000`

Dividing both sides by 6000

`x = (135000)/(6000) = 22.50`

And on rounding, we will get 23.

And that's the required answer.