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whats w stand for? -7w + 3(w+2)= -14
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Perimeter = length + length + width + width Let "w" = width, then "7w" must equal the length (because it's 7 times the width) 7w + 7w + w + w = perimeter 16w = perimeter
I understand this equation to be 7w = 42. The principle we use for solving equations like this one is that we can do the same thing to both sides of the equation and the equation will still be _true_. We want the 'w' by itself. This implies ridding the left side of the 7. We can turn it into a one (1) by dividing it by 7. But if we do that to the left side of the equation then we must also do that to the right side. 7w/7 = 42/7 1w = 6 or w = 6, the result.