The length of a train car 50.6 ft. This is 5.8 feet less than 6 times the width. What is the width?

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Adrienne

19 October, 06:05

The length of a train car 50.6 ft. This is 5.8 feet less than 6 times the width. What is the width?

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Stacy Lozano · Answer 1

50.6 ft + 5.8 ft = 6Width, solve for width!

Hallie Woods · Answer 2

The required width is 9.4 ft.

solution:

let the width be x ft

length=50.6 ft

thus, according to the problem,

6x - 50.6 = 5.8

or,

6x = 50.6 + 50.6

or,

6x = 56.4 / 6

=9.4 ft