Cho's dorm room at college has a wall that is perfect for Cho's desk to be against. Cho wants to center the desk on the wall. The desk is 159 centimeters wide, and the wall is 183 centimeters wide.To center the desk, how many centimeters should Cho leave on each side?

Answer 1

First, we need to find the difference in width between the desk and the wall:

183 cm (width of the wall) - 159 cm (width of the desk) = 24 cm

Since Cho wants to center the desk on the wall, they should leave half of the difference on each side:

24 cm / 2 = 12 cm

So, Cho should leave 12 centimeters on each side to center the desk on the wall.