3 years ago

The length of a rectangular field is 24 meters this is 3meters less then twice to width find the width

Mathematics

1 answer:

Sever21 [200]3 years ago

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Answer:

13.5 meters

Step-by-step explanation:

lets take width as w

l=24

and length is 3 meters less than twice the width

l+3=2w

24+3=2w

27=2w

divide both sides by "2"

27/2=13.5

13.5=w

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