Question

A bookstore decides to divide its space into three sections:nonfiction books, novels, and stationary. The bookstore wants to devote one fifth of its space to stationary. If the total area of the bookstore is 288 square feet, and the stationary section will be 12 feet long, how wide will the stationary section be

Answer 1

4.8

Explanation:

First we divide the total rea by 5 to find the total space allotted to the stationary.

288/5 = 57.6

Next we divide by 12 to find the width

57.6/12 = 4.8