Asked by Gabriel

he length of a rectangle is 4 units shorter than half the width. If the length of the rectangle is 18 units, which equation can be used to find w, the width of the rectangle?

18 equals StartFraction w Over 2 EndFraction minus 4
18 equals 4 minus StartFraction w Over 2 EndFraction
18 minus 4 equals StartFraction w Over 2 EndFraction
18 minus StartFraction w Over 2 EndFraction equals 4

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
The correct equation is 18 = w/2 − 4.

Solving: w/2 = 22, so w = 44.