Homework Help: algebra

Posted by chris on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 7:08pm.

In a particular house,the bedrooms take up 1/3 of the total floor area, and the living room takes up another 1/5.If the rest of the house has an area of 700 square feet,find the area of the living room and area devoted to bedrooms.

algebra - PsyDAG, Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 1:31am
Although you have not clearly asked a question, let x = total area.

1/3 x + 1/5 x = x - 700

Once you find x, calculate the appropriate fractions of x.

I hope this helps.

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