Vita wants to center a towel bar on her door that is 27 inches wide.
She determines that the distance from each end of the towel bar to the
end of the door is 9 inches. Write and solve an equation to find the length
of the towel bar.
What’s the answer?

Respuesta :

Answer:

27-(2·9)=9 inches

Step-by-step explanation:

the door is 27 inches wide, and the distance from each end of the towel bar to the  end of the door is 9 inches, so the towel bar would take up all of the door except the 2·9 inches, so the equation is 27-(2·9)=9 in