A picture 3 feet across is hung in the center of a wall that that is 19 feet wide. How many feet from the end of the wall is the nearest edge of the picture.
To find the distance from the nearest edge of the picture to the end of the wall, we need to subtract half the width of the picture from half the width of the wall and then take the absolute value of the result.
First, we need to find half the width of the wall:
Half the width of the wall = 19 feet / 2 = 9.5 feet
Next, we need to find half the width of the picture:
Half the width of the picture = 3 feet / 2 = 1.5 feet
Now, we can find the distance from the nearest edge of the picture to the end of the wall:
Distance = |Half the width of the wall - Half the width of the picture|
Distance = |9.5 feet - 1.5 feet|
Distance = |8 feet|
Distance = 8 feet
Therefore, the nearest edge of the picture is 8 feet from the end of the wall.
To find out how many feet from the end of the wall the nearest edge of the picture is, we need to subtract half of the width of the picture from half of the width of the wall.
The width of the wall is 19 feet.
The width of the picture is 3 feet.
Half of the width of the wall is 19 / 2 = 9.5 feet.
Half of the width of the picture is 3 / 2 = 1.5 feet.
Therefore, the nearest edge of the picture is 9.5 feet - 1.5 feet = 8 feet from the end of the wall.
19/2 = 9.5
9.5 + 1.5 = 11 feet