Question

The perimeter of a rectangle is less than 10 inches. The length is x and the width is x − 5. If the solution is x < 5, then the length is less than 5. Is this a viable solution?

Answer 1

Answer: yes and no. The length must be less than 5.

But there is a practical limit to how the width is calculated.

So No.. This solution is not completely viable.

Step-by-step explanation: If the length is almost 4, for example, the width must be between a bit more than 0 and less than or equal to 1. Using x<5 -5 to compute the width is not viable.

Answer 2

No, it isn’t a whole. Since it’s less than 10 and the length is unknown besides knowing it’s less than 5in,