Question

A. The length of a rectangle is 3 meters less than twice its width.

Write an equation to find the length of the rectangle.

B. The length of the rectangle is 11 meters. What is the width of the rectangle?

Answer 1

A: (x = length y = width) x = 2y-3

B: The width equals 7

Explanation:

B explanation: using the formula from and the information from B x = 11, 11 = 2y - 3 we add 3 to both sides 14 = 2y and divide by two, 7 = y