Question

The area of a rectangle is 56 square centimeters. The length of the rectangle is 8 centimeters, and the width is three less than a number. What is the number?

Answer 1

(56/8)=x-3

56/8= 7= 10-3

Answer 2

Area= length*width plugging in
56= 8(n-3)

Answer 3

let number be x
then width = x-3
also area of sq = area rectangle
56=8(x-3)
56/8=x-3
7=x-3
so x= 10

Answer 4

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