The length of a couch is 200 centimeters. This is 16 centimeters less than 3 times the width of a matching chair. How wide is the chair?

Subject
Topic
Level
Middle School
Grade
7

Answer

Width of chair = 72 cm.

Steps

Let x be the width of the chair.

By the given condition 200 = 3x -16

Or  3x = 216

        x = 216/3 = 72 cm.

 

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