Question

a manager is setting up an office for 3 computers and a printer, he has a space of 22 feet and the printer is 4 feet, write an equation that you could use to find the width of the space available for each computer

Answer 1

To find the width available for each computer, we can set up the equation based on the total space available and the space taken up by the printer.

1. **Total space available**: 22 feet
2. **Space taken by the printer**: 4 feet
3. **Let \( x \) represent the width of each computer**.
4. **There are 3 computers**, so the total space taken by the computers is \( 3x \).

The equation representing the space used is:

\[
3x + 4 = 22
\]

This equation allows you to solve for the width \( x \) of each computer.