Atanks length is 3 feet longer than its width. the height is 1 foot less than the width. the volume of the tank is 160 cubic feet. what is the width of the tank?

The width of the tank is 5 feet.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the width of the tank be .

Then, the length of the tank will be

and the heigth will be .

It was given that the volume of the tank is .

Recall that the tank is a cuboid or a rectangular prism.

The volume is given by;

.

We substitute the given values into the formula to obtain;

We expand to obtain

Therefore the width of the tank is 5 feet.

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