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.