Question

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

Answer 1

50.6 = 6w -5.8

add 5.8 to each side:

56.4 = 6w

divide both sides by 6

w = 56.4 / 6 = 9.4 feet

check: 9.4 *6 = 56.4 - 5.8 = 50.6 ( True)

width = 9.4 feet