Question

The length of a rectangle is 8/3 times as great as its width. What is width of a rectangle if it’s length is 24 feet?

Answer 1

Width = 64 ft

Explanation:

Length = 24 ft

Width = (8/3) * length

Width = (8/3) * 24 = 192/3 = 64 ft

Width = 64 ft

Answer 2

9 feet

Explanation:

Let the width of the rectangle be x feet.

The length of the rectangle is 8/3 times the width, so the length is 8x/3 feet.

We know that the length of the rectangle is 24 feet, so we can set up the following equation:

`\sf (8x)/(3 )= 24`

Multiplying both sides of the equation by 3 gives us:

`\sf (8x)/(3 ) * 3 = 24* 3`

`\sf 8x = 72`

Dividing both sides of the equation by 8 gives us:

`\sf (8x)/(8 )= (72)/(8)`

`\sf x = 9`

Therefore, the width of the rectangle is 9 feet.