Question

The length of the top of a computer desk is 2 1/4 feet longer than it's width. If it's width measures y feet, express its length as an algebraic expression in y

Answer 1

Explanation:

The top of the computer desk is rectangular in shape.

Let y represent the width of the rectangle.

The length of the top of the computer desk is 2 1/4 feet longer than its width. Converting 2 1/4 feet to improper fraction, it becomes 9/4 feet. Therefore, the algebraic expression of the length of the of the top of the computer desk in terms of y would be

Length = y + 9/4