Question

Q A Sidewalk is built 12 bricks wide by laying each brick side by side. How many inches wide is the sidewalk if each brick measures 3 1/16 inches wide?

Answer 1

The side walk is 36.75 inches wide

Solution:

Given that,

A Sidewalk is built 12 bricks wide by laying each brick side by side

Each brick measures 3 1/16 inches wide

$Width\ of\ each\ brick = 3\frac{1}{16}\ inches = \frac{49}{16}\ inches$

How many inches wide is the sidewalk ?

$\text{ Width of side walk } = \text{12 bricks } \times \text{ width of each brick }$

Therefore,

$\text{ Width of side walk } = 12 \times \frac{49}{16}\\\\\text{ Width of side walk } = 36.75$

Thus the side walk is 36.75 inches wide