The length of a train car is 506 feet. This is 5.8 feet less than 6 times the width. What is the width?

1 Answer
May 22, 2017

The Width of the train car is 83.533 " feet".

Explanation:

We can use simple algebra to solve this question.

6w + 5.8 = 506

6w = 506 - 5.8

6w = 501.2

w = 501.2 ÷ 6

w = 83.533

therefore The Width of the train car is 83.533 " feet".