Homework Help: ALGEBRA

Posted by Tikia on Thursday, June 23, 2011 at 10:15am.

A bookcase is to be constructed as shown in the figure below. The height of the bookcase is 4 feet longer than the length of a shelf. If 20 feet of lumber is available for the entire unit (including the shelves, but NOT the back of the bookcase), find the length and height of the unit.

ALGEBRA - drwls, Thursday, June 23, 2011 at 10:20am
There is no "figure below". How many shelves are there?

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