Translate the following sentence into math symbols. then solve the problem. show your work and keep the equation balanced.
10 less than x is -45
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For this case we have to represent the following expression algebraically:

"10 less than x is -45"

So:

10 less than x is represented as:

Then, the complete expression is represented as:

Adding 10 to both sides of the equation:

Thus, the value of the variable is

the smallest possible measurement of the width is 14 feet

step-by-step explanation:

let's assume length of parallelogram is 'l'

width of parallelogram is 'w'

the perimeter of a parallelogram must be no less than 40 feet

so, we get

we are given

length of parallelogram is 6 feet

so,

l=6

we can plug it

now, we can solve for w

subtract both sides by 12

divide both sides by 2

and we get

so,

the smallest possible measurement of the width is 14 feet