vita wants to center a towel bar on her door that is 27 1/2 inches wide . she determines that the distance from each end of the

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towel bar to the end of the door is 9 inches. write and solve an equation to find the length of the towel bar

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baherus [9] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-24T14:24:02+03:00

The length of the towel bar is 9.5 inches.

Explanation

Suppose, the length of the towel bar is $x$ inches.

The distance from each end of the towel bar to the end of the door is 9 inches. So, the total width of the door will be: $[x+(9*2)] = (x+18)inches$

Given that, the width of the door is $27\frac{1}{2}$ inches or 27.5 inches. So, the equation will be........

$x+18=27.5\\ \\ x=27.5-18= 9.5$

Thus, the length of the towel bar will be 9.5 inches.