Question

the length of a rectangular park is 3 feet shoter than 3/2 times its width. if the length is 123 feet , what is the width of the park in feet?

Answer 1

We can write an equation for the length in terms of the width here and use that to solve the problem:

`l=(3)/(2)w-3`

Now substitute in the information that we know, namely
`l=123`:

`123=(3)/(2)w-3`

`126=(3)/(2)w`

`84=w`

So the width is 84 feet.