A Building Has a Total Area of 20,880 Square Feet $\frac { 2 } { 5 }$

question 147

Short Answer

A building has a total area of 20,880 square feet. At the present time, the assembly area occupies $\frac { 2 } { 5 }$ of the space, the storage area occupies $\frac { 1 } { 6 }$ of the area, and the office occupies the balance of the space.
A)How many square feet of space does the office occupy?
B)If the company wants to increase the size of the assembly area by $\frac { 1 } { 3 }$ , how many square feet will the assembly area have?

• A)How many square feet of space does the office occupy?
• B)If the company wants to increase the size of the assembly area by \(\frac { 1 } { 3 }\) , how many square feet will the assembly area have?

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