Practice question · Estimate
A single work 1.8 metres wide hangs alone on a wall 6.0 metres long. What percentage of the wall is left empty?
Estimate on a scale from 0 per cent (0) to 100 per cent (100).
Hints
- Work out the wall left over, then divide by the whole wall.
- 6.0 minus 1.8, divided by 6.0.
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70 (answers within ±5 count)
Why
70 per cent. Empty wall is the most expensive material in a gallery, since floor area costs money and each square metre of it is being spent on isolating one object. Spending seventy per cent of a wall on a single painting is a statement about status made before anyone has looked at the picture.
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