Problem 2 week 18

Question

• A basketball coach wants to hang 3 plaques on a wall.

• She wants to hang the three plaques side by side so that they are centered horizontally with 6 inches of space between each plaque.

• She also wants the center of each plaque to be 5 ft. from the floor.

• If each plaque is 14 inches tall & 20 inches wide, where should she place the top-left corner of the first plaque on the left?

What I know

• Basketball coach wants to hang 3 plaques.• The wall is 9ft. High and 11 ft. wide.• Wants the plaques to be side by side so that

there centered horizontally w/ 6 in. of space• Wants each center of each plaque to be 5 ft.

from the floor. • Each plaque is 14in. Tall & 20 in. wide.

I labeled the wall 9ft. High & 11ft. Wide.

9ft.

11ft.

14

20 20 20

14 14

Then labeled each plaque 14 inches tall & 20inches wide.

6 inches 6 inches

I labeled that the middle plaque is suppose to be 6 inches separate from the right & left plaques.

5.5 ft. (66inches)

9ft.

11 ft.

6 inches 6 inches

14 14 14

20 20

10 10

I did half of 11 b/c I needed to find where she would place the top-left corner of the 1st plaque.

I split 20 into separate 10’s b/c I had divided 11 into half

1020

5.5ft (66 inches)

6 in.

so I added to find what was the distance left.

10 + 20 + 6 = 36 inches

Then I subtracted 66 – 36 = 30 to see how much more I needed left to figure out the rest of 66.

She wanted the plaques to centered & be 5ft from the floor.

7 in

7 in

5 feet

She wants the plaques to be 5ft from the floor & she wants to figure the rest of the measurement in order for her to place the plaques.

9 ft.

So the wall is 9ft & she wants each plaque to be 5 ft from the floor. So I

7 in

My answer is 3 feet,5 inches from the wall.