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

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Question 785721: The length of a couch is 200 cm. This is 16 cm less than 3 times the width of a matching chair. How wide is the chair
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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x = width of chair

200 = 3x - 16
216 = 3x
x = 72

The chair is 72 cm wide.