Question

Mr. Vazquez determines that the area of a bathroom in his house is 25 square feet less than 1/5 of the area of the living room. If the bathroom measures 35 square feet, what is the area of the living room?

____square feet

Answer 1

To find the area of the living room, we first need to determine the total area of the bathroom and then find the total area of the living room.

Let x be the total area of the living room.

Given that the area of the bathroom is 35 square feet, we can set up the equation:

1/5x - 25 = 35

Multiplying both sides by 5 to get rid of the fraction:

x - 125 = 175

Adding 125 to both sides:

x = 300

Therefore, the area of the living room is 300 square feet.