Question

william wants to build a sandbox that has a perimeter of 14 meters. The length is 5 meters. What is the width?

Answer 1

Answer is 2m wide

Step by step

Perimeter is 2(L) + 2(W)

We know Length is 5m

14 = 2(5) + 2(W)

14 = 10 + 2(W)
Subtract 10 from both sides

14 - 10 = 10 - 10 + 2W

4 = 2W
Divide both sides by 2 to solve for W

4/2 = 2/2 W

2 = W