Question

celines cereal company is launching a new brand of cereal and she is considering two different sizes for the base of the boxes.
box 1: the length is 3 times the width.
box 2: the length is 1 less than 4 times the width.
the dimensions of the base of box 1 are:
width: x; length: 3
width: x; length: $x + 3$
width: x; length: $x - 3$
width: x; length: $3x$
done

Explanation:

We need to translate the description of Box 1's dimensions into algebraic terms. Let the width be \(x\). The length is stated to be 3 times the width, so we multiply the width variable by 3.

Answer:

width: \(x\); length: \(3x\)