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It is recommended that one fire extinguisher be available for every 6000 feet in the building write and solve an equation to determine X the number of fire extinguishers needed for building that has 135,000 square feet. Show your work

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135,000 divided by 6000 =22.5
x = 22.5
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It is given in the question that, one fire extinguisher be available for every 6000 square feet in the building .

And number of fire extinguishers needed for building that has 135,000 square feet are x .

So the required equation is

[tex] 6000x = 135000 [/tex]

Dividing both sides by 6000

[tex] x = \frac{135000}{6000} = 22.50 [/tex]

And on rounding, we will get 23.

And that's the required answer.

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