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A bookcase is to have 4 shelves including the top as pictured below.

The width is to be 10 feet less than 3 times the height. Find the width and the
height if the carpenter expects to use 30 feet of lumber to make it.

User Vahe Shak
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W=2H-7ft=2(5ft)-7ft=10ft-7ft=3ft ANSWER 2: the bookshelf is 3 feet wide.
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