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The length of a train car 50.6 ft. This is 5.8 feet less than 6 times the width. What is the width?

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50.6 ft + 5.8 ft= 6Width, solve for width!
User Chivas
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the required width is 9.4 ft.
solution:
let the width be x ft

length=50.6 ft
thus, according to the problem,
6x - 50.6 =5.8
or,
6x =50.6 + 50.6
or,
6x =56.4 /6
=9.4 ft

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