Solution
Given Data
Length of room = 16 feet + 8 inches
1 foot = 12 inches
16 feet = 16 x 12 = 192 inches
Total length of the room = 192 + 8 = 200 inches
width of room =x
The ratio of the length to the width is 4/5, therefore using ratio
[tex]\begin{gathered} \frac{4}{5}=\frac{200}{x}=\frac{length}{\text{width}} \\ 4x=1000 \\ \frac{4x}{4}=\frac{1000}{4} \\ x\text{ =2}50 \end{gathered}[/tex]Therefore, based on the ratio of the length to the width, the width has a value of 250
