Question

Choose what the expressions below best represent within the context of the word problem. The length of a rectangle is 12 inches more than its width. What is the width of the rectangle if the perimeter is 42 inches?

Answer 1

the width is 4.5 inches as 4.5*2=9  9+33=42 

Answer 2

The answer is 4. Since 12+ 12 = 24, I added 4 + 4, which made 42.
So the length of the width of the rectangle is 4.
Hope this helps!