Question

The two biggest walls of the museum and the number of paintings on them are as follows:


Find which wall can accomodate more paintings?

• A. Wall A
• B. Wall B
• C. Both walls can have equal number of paintings.
• D. Cannot be determined.

Answer 1

The correct option is B Wall B

Area of wall A = $1554sq.ft.$
Gap between two paintings for wall A = $26ft$.
Area of wall B = $1600sq.ft.$
Gap between two paintings for wall B = $25ft$ .

To find the wall which can accomodate more number of paintings, we have to divide $1534$ by $26$ and $1600$ by $25$.

On doing the division by standard algorithm method, we get:


So, for wall A, number of paintings will be $=59$
And, for wall B, number of paintings will be $=64$

We know, $64>59$.

Hence, out of the two walls, $wallB$ will have more number of paintings.