Question

30 POINTS The width of a rectangle is 4 inches shorter than its length. If the length of the rectangle is 7 inches, write and solve an addaition equation to find the width of the rectangle

Answer 1

Let w be the width of the rectangle. We can write an addition equation to represent the relationship between the width and length of the rectangle, as follows: w + 4 = 7

To find the width of the rectangle, we can solve this equation by adding 4 to both sides of the equation, which gives us: w + 4 + 4 = 7 + 4
w = 11

Therefore, the width of the rectangle is 11 inches.