SOLUTION: the length of a rectangular floor is 8m, this length is two meters less than five times the width of the floor, find the width of the floor

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Question 1067528: the length of a rectangular floor is 8m, this length is two meters less than five times the width of the floor, find the width of the floor

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the length of a rectangular floor is 8m, this length is two meters less than five times the width of the floor, find the width of the floor
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L = 8m
8m = 5W-2
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Width = 10/5 = 2m
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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