Question

A woman wants to park her 15 foot long car in a garage that is 19 feet long. How far from the front of the garage will her front wheels need to be so that the car is centered on the floor of the garage?

3 feet
2 1/2 feet
2 feet
4 feet
3 1/2 feet

Answer 1

To center her car in the garage, the woman should park it so that the front wheels are 2 feet from the front of the garage.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate how far the front wheels of the car need to be from the front of the garage in order to center a 15-foot long car in a 19-foot long garage, we first find the available space by subtracting the length of the car from the length of the garage (19 feet - 15 feet = 4 feet). This available space of 4 feet will be distributed evenly on both the front and back of the car when it's centered. Therefore, we divide the available space by 2 to find the distance for each side (4 feet ÷ 2 = 2 feet). So, the front wheels should be 2 feet from the front of the garage for the car to be centered.