Question

A rectangular tabletop has an area of 1,512 square inches. The length of the tabletop is 18 inches. Write and solve an equation to find the width of the tabletop

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

Let's denote the width of the tabletop as w inches.

We know that the area of a rectangle is given by the formula A = length x width. In this case, the area A is 1,512 square inches and the length is 18 inches. Therefore, we can write the equation as:

1,512 = 18w

To solve for w, we divide both sides by 18:

w = 1,512 / 18
w = 84

Therefore, the width of the tabletop is 84 inches.