The length of a rectangle is 4 more than twice the width. The perimeter is 74 feet. Find the length and width of the rectangle.
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Part A
Her steps were
Kelsey made a mistake on line 3. Note how the 17/6 flips to 6/17. This is not correct. You keep the first fraction the same, but you do flip the second fraction. This only applies when you divide two fractions.
The third step should look like
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Part B
Here's what she should have written
If you want to convert that improper fraction to a mixed number, then you could do something like this
Or you could divide 17 over 8 using long division to get 2 remainder 1. The 2 is the quotient that goes to the left of the 1/8. The remainder of 1 is the numerator of 1/8.