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?
the answer is 300
Let the area of the living room=A, then we have:
.2A - 25=35
.2A=35+25=60 divide both sides by .2
A=300, square feet-the size of the living room.
