Problema Solution
A rectangle's length is 4 inches more than its width. The sum of the length and width is 13 inches. What is the width?
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Let 'x' represent the width then the length is '4 + x' (4 more than the width x).
Length + Width = 13 in
4 + x + x = 13
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x = 4.5 in
The width is 4.5 inches.