A bookshelf is 17 inches wide. there is enough room for 2 trophies. one trophy is 5 inches wider than the other. how wide is each trophy

We need to compute for the length of each trophy given that one trophy is 5 inches wider than the other.

Let x be the length of the first trophy.

Let x+5 be the length of the second trophy

The solution is shown below:

x + (x + 5) = 17

x + x + 5 = 17

2x = 17 - 5

2x = 12

x = 12/2

x=6 (for the first trophy)

x + 5 = 6+5 = 11 (for the second trophy)

The first trophy is 6 inches wide while the second trophy is 11 inches wide.